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Compliance with referrals to medical specialist care: patient and general practice determinants: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: In a gatekeeper system, primary care physicians and patients jointly decide whether or not medical specialist care is needed. However, it is the patient who decides to actually use the referral. Referral non-compliance could delay diagnosis and treatment. The objective of this study was...

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Autores principales: van Dijk, Christel E., de Jong, Judith D., Verheij, Robert A., Jansen, Tessa, Korevaar, Joke C., de Bakker, Dinny H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26831125
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-016-0401-7