Classification of severity of health problems in family/general practice: An international field trial

Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 303-309

  Parkerson Jr , George R ^a   Bridges Webb, Charles ^b   Gervas, Juan ^c   Hofmans Okkes, Inge ^d   Lamberts, Henk ^d   Froom, Jack ^e   Fischer, Gisela ^f   Meyboom De Jong, Betty ^g   Bentsen, Bent ^h   Klinkman, Mike ⁱ   De Maeseneer, Jan ^j  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Equipo CESCA ^*

^c Equipo CESCA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^g University of Groningen   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^j University of Gent UZ1 K3   (United States)

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Author keywords

Classification of health problems; ICPC; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 15844419910     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/13.3.303     Document Type: Article

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