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High referral rates to secondary care by general practitioners in Norway are associated with GPs’ gender and specialist qualifications in family medicine, a study of 4350 consultations
BACKGROUND: Referral rates of general practitioners (GPs) are an important determinant of secondary care utilization. The variation in these rates across GPs is considerable, and cannot be explained by patient morbidity alone. The main objective of this study was to assess the GPs’ referral rate to...
Autores principales: | Ringberg, Unni, Fleten, Nils, Deraas, Trygve S, Hasvold, Toralf, Førde, OlavHelge |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3640906/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23617296 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-147 |
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