The general practitioner as the first contacted health professional by patients with psychosocial problems: A European study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 689-696

  Boerma, Wienke G W ^a   Verhaak, Peter F M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EASTERN EUROPE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL WORKER; URBANIZATION; WESTERN EUROPE; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EUROPE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0032977338     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329179900851X     Document Type: Article

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