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How do general practitioners and specialists value their mutual communication? A survey
BMC Health Services Research, 08/14/09
Berendsen AJ et al. – GPs and specialists disagree on several aspects of their communication. This impedes improvements. Both GP's accessibility by phone and time span to the specialist's report could be earmarked as performance indicators. GPs and specialists should discuss amongst themselves how best to compose a format for the referral letter and the specialist's report and how to go about exchanging mutual feedback.
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