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; Neil R. Powe

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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

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Lisa A. Cooper

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David Levine

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Nae Yuh Wang

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Neil R. Powe

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