Tiredness in Dutch family practice. Data on patients complaining of and/or diagnosed with 'tiredness'

Family Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 434-440

  Kenter, E G H ^b   Okkes, I M ^a   Oskam, S K ^a   Lamberts, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Episode of care; Family practice; Probability; Reason for encounter; Tiredness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CODING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROBABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPISODE OF CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROBABILITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0041663548     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmg418     Document Type: Article

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