Patients' and physicians' views on the management of acute maxillary sinusitis

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-26

  Varonen, Helena ^a,b   Sainio, Salla ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute maxillary sinusitis; Patient expectations; Patient preferences; Physician preferences

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TRUST;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 1842764666     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430310003147     Document Type: Article

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