Where have all the back pains gone? Changes in the reasons for requiring out-of-hours medical care from a centralized primary care centre after changing to a list system

Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 373-376

  Vehviläinen, Arto T ^a   Takala, Jorma K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Consultation rates; List system; Musculoskeletal disease; Out of hours work; Primary health care utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029760095     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/13.4.373     Document Type: Article

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