Characteristics of frequent attenders in different age and sex groups in primary health care

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 171-177

  Bergh, Håkan ^a,b,c   Marklund, Bertil ^a,b  

^a Primary Health Care   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Research and Development Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age groups; Diagnoses; Frequent attenders; Gender; Medicine; Morbidity; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORBIDITY; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0141571258     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430310001149     Document Type: Article

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