Estimating incidence and prevalence of episodes of care in general practice

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-64

  Schroll, Henrik ^a   Støvring, Henrik ^a   Houmand, Annette ^a   Kragstrup, Jakob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; General practice; Incidence; Longitudinal; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECORDING; REGISTRATION;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; EPISODE OF CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 1842663399     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430310003200     Document Type: Article

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