Unexplained complaints in general practice: Prevalence, patients' expectations, and professionals' test-ordering behavior

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 226-231

  Van der Weijden, Trudy ^a   Van Velsen, Monique ^b   Dinant, Geert Jan ^b   Van Hasselt, Cathelijne M ^b   Grol, Richard ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

General practice; Nonspecific complaints; Patient preferences; Physician patient relations; Physicians' practice patterns; Test ordering behavior; Unexplained complaints

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0037687296     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X03023003004     Document Type: Article

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