The burden of rheumatic disorders in general practice: Consultation rates for rheumatic disease and the relationship to age, ethnicity, and small-area deprivation

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1203, 2004, Pages

  Taylor, William ^a   Smeets, Louis ^a   Hall, Jason ^b   McPherson, Kathryn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CALCULATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHY; GOUT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; JOINT SURGERY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORKLOAD; ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SEX FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 16644392069     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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