Why do physicians vary so widely in their referral rates?
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Vol. 15 (3), 163-168
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.2000.04079.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine which physician practice and psychological factors contribute to observed variation in primary care physicKeywords
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