by Angela Coulter (Editor), Martin Roland (Editor)
General practitioners' referrals to hospital are of increasing interest within the NHS. This book aims to cover all the major areas relevant to hospital referral, including collection and analysis of data about referrals, auditing referrals, improving communication between GPs and hospital doctors and developing and evaluating referral guidelines. The book should be of interest to general practitioners, public health physicians and to health service managers who need to understand how to interpret variability in referral patterns and how to assess the effectiveness of the referral process. The book is referenced and each chapter is written by an expert in the field.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 234
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 31 Dec 1992
ISBN 10: 0192621742
ISBN 13: 9780192621740