Improving nephrology service delivery - Accessing the specialist

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 223-228

  Lane, Cathie ^a,b   Pirabhahar, Saiyini ^a   Robins, Jennifer ^c,d   Tranter, Shelley ^a   Brown, Mark ^b   Katz, Ivor ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Mona Vale Hospital   (Australia)

^d Mater Hospital and Mater Dialysis Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84973120233     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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