title: General practitioners gatekeepers for referral but neurosurgeons gatekeepers for investigations.
authors.affiliation: Dunstan Hospital, PO Box 30 Clyde, Central Otago, New Zealand. garry.nixon@otago.ac.nz.
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nixon
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D000069471:Neurosurgeons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*