635 Can Virtual Clinics Streamline Urology Referrals from Primary to Secondary Care?
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Interventions to improve outpatient referrals from primary care to secondary care.
BACKGROUND The primary care specialist interface is a key organisational feature of many health care systems. Patients are referred to specialist care when investigation or therapeutic options are exhausted in primary care and more specialised care is needed. Referral has considerable implications for patients, the health care system and health care costs. There is considerable evidence that th...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Surgery
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0007-1323,1365-2168
DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znab135.026