Primary care nurses: effects on secondary care referrals for diabetes

• Main Authors: Nijpels Giel (Author), van der Velden Lud (Author), Hansen Johan (Author), Verheij Robert A (Author), van Dijk Christel E (Author), Groenewegen Peter P (Author), de Bakker Dinny H (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Primary care nurses play an important role in diabetes care, and were introduced in GP-practice partly to shift care from hospital to primary care. The aim of this study was to assess whether the referral rate for hospital treatment...