Impact of ‘open access’ to specialist se
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A. Macdonald; C. Goddard; A. Poynton
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Article
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1994
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract To compare patients referred via traditional, medical sources with those referred under an ‘open access’ policy to a community‐based multidisciplinary psychogeriatric service, we studied 1477 first referrals to the service over 58 months. General practitioners referred 45% of all patien