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Referral of Patients to Specialists: Factors Affecting Choice of Specialist by Primary Care Physicians

Kraig S. Kinchen, Lisa A. Cooper, David Levine, Nae Yuh Wang and Neil R. Powe
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2004, 2 (3) 245-252; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.68
Kraig S. Kinchen
MD, MSc
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Lisa A. Cooper
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David Levine
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Nae Yuh Wang
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vol. 2 no. 3 245-252
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.68
PubMed 
15209202

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication January 6, 2003
  • Revision received April 29, 2003
  • Accepted for publication June 9, 2003
  • Published online May 26, 2004.

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  1. Kraig S. Kinchen, MD, MSc1,
  2. Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH2,3,4,
  3. David Levine, MD, ScD3,4,
  4. Nae Yuh Wang, PhD2 and
  5. Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA2,3,4
  1. 1Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
  2. 2Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md
  3. 3Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
  4. 4Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins University, 2024 East Monument St, Suite 2-600, Baltimore, MD 21205-2223, npowe{at}jhmi.edu

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