Urban–suburban differences in GP requests for lumbosacral spine radiographs in a primary healthcare centre in Malta

Dr Glorianne Pullicino

qualifications: MSc, MRCGP, MMCFD

contribution: original concept, supervised data collection, literature review, collected data, statistical analysis, wrote the first draft, contributed to drafts

position: Assistant Lecturer

Malta

Philip Sciortino

qualifications: MSc, MRCGP, FMCFD

contribution: supervised data collection, designed the project, contributed to drafts

position: Senior Lecturer and Head of Department

Sean Francalanza

qualifications: MD

contribution: collected data

position: General Practitioner Trainee

Paul Sciortino

qualifications: Undergraduate student

contribution: collected data

position: Medical Student

Richard Pullicino

qualifications: MD, MSc, MRCP, FRCR

contribution: supplied data, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts, original concept, literature review

position: Fellow in Interventional Neuroradiology