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Understanding communication breakdown in the outpatient referral process in Latin America: a cross-sectional study on the use of clinical correspondence in public healthcare networks of six countries
An adequate use of referral and reply letters—the main form of communication between primary care (PC) and out-patient secondary care (SC)—helps to avoid medical errors, test duplications and delays in diagnosis. However, it has been little studied to date in Latin America. The aim is to determine t...
Autores principales: | Vargas, Ingrid, Garcia-Subirats, Irene, Mogollón-Pérez, Amparo-Susana, Ferreira-de-Medeiros-Mendes, Marina, Eguiguren, Pamela, Cisneros, Angelica-Ivonne, Muruaga, María-Cecilia, Bertolotto, Fernando, Vázquez, María-Luisa |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5894081/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29452401 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czy016 |
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