Fracture diagnostics, unnecessary travel and treatment: A comparative study before and after the introduction of teleradiology in a remote general practice Service organization, utilization, and delivery of care

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jacobs, Jac J W M ^a,b   Jacobs, Jan P A M ^c   Van Sonderen, Eric ^b   Van Der Molen, Thys ^b   Sanderman, Robbert ^b,d  

^a General Practice Ballum ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Family practice; General practice; Teleradiology; Trauma fractures; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRACTURES, BONE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELERADIOLOGY; TRAVEL;

FAMILY PRACTICE; FRACTURES, BONE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TELERADIOLOGY; TRAVEL;

EID: 85018110924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-015-0268-z     Document Type: Article

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