Episode of care: A core concept in family practice

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-167

  Lamberts, Henk ^a   Hofmans Okkes, Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

episode of care, ICPC; family medicine; family physicians; Primary, care

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; EPISODE OF CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0030041769     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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