Rethinking primary care's gatekeeper role

Affiliations

¹ Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK g.greenfield@imperial.ac.uk.
² Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.

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Geva Greenfield et al. BMJ. 2016.

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. 2016 Sep 23:354:i4803.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.i4803.

¹ Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK g.greenfield@imperial.ac.uk.
² Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.

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Comment in

Stop calling GPs gatekeepers.
Zermansky A. Zermansky A. BMJ. 2016 Nov 2;355:i5795. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i5795. BMJ. 2016. PMID: 27806959 No abstract available.
Gatekeeping must go beyond the linear referral model.
Shapiro J. Shapiro J. BMJ. 2016 Nov 2;355:i5793. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i5793. BMJ. 2016. PMID: 27807001 No abstract available.
Author's reply to Mathew.
Greenfield G. Greenfield G. BMJ. 2017 Mar 22;356:j1469. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j1469. BMJ. 2017. PMID: 28330837 No abstract available.
A "specialist first" system would increase waiting times.
Mathew R. Mathew R. BMJ. 2017 Mar 22;356:j1424. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j1424. BMJ. 2017. PMID: 28330880 No abstract available.