Reasons for outpatient referrals from generalists to specialists
- 1 May 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Vol. 14 (5), 281-286
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.00324.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the relative importance of medical and nonmedical factors influencing generalists’ decisions to refer, and of the factors that might avert unnecessary referrals. DESIGN:...Keywords
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