Consultations and referrals for dyspepsia in general practice - A one year database survey

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 910, 2001, Pages 514-518

  Van Bommel, M J J ^a   Numans, M E ^a   De Wit, N J ^a   Stalman, W A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dyspepsia; General practice; Irritable bowel syndrome; Referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DATA BASE; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELENA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034890779     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.77.910.514     Document Type: Article

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