The workload of GPs: Patients with psychological and somatic problems compared

Family Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 293-297

  Zantinge, Else M ^a   Verhaak, Peter F M ^a   Bensing, Jozien M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consultation frequency; General practice; Mental health care; Time; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; REGISTER; SAMPLING; SLEEP DISORDER; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OFFICE VISITS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 19744362793     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh732     Document Type: Article

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