A Chart Audit Study of the Referral of Obese Patients to Endocrinologists

The aim of this study was to identify factors in primary care physicians' decisions to refer obese patients to an endocrine clinic. Charts of 83 referred obese patients were compared with randomly selected charts of 300 obese adults in the general ambula tory clinic files. The referral rate is...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Medical decision making 1983-01, Vol.3 (1), p.69-79
Hauptverfasser:	Ravitch, Michael M., Rovner, David R., Jennett, Penny A., Rothert, Marilyn L., Holmes, Margaret M., Holzman, Gerald B., Elstein, Arthur S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Endocrine System Diseases - diagnosis Female Humans Male Medical Audit Obesity - etiology Probability Referral and Consultation Retrospective Studies
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