Morbidity pattern in four government genral practice clinics using the International Classification of Primary Care (Revised Edition) (ICPC-2) coding

Hong Kong Practitioner

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 363-375

  Lam, Wing Kwun ^a,b   Ho, King Yip ^a   Ng, Kwok Keung ^a   Kwok, Kon Hung ^a   Tsang, Luke C Y ^a  

^a Department of Health ^*  (Hong Kong)

^b PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Clinical audit; Health care planning; International Classification of Primary Care 2; Morbidity pattern

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 33845289454     PISSN: 10273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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