Patients with persistent medically unexplained symptoms in general practice: Characteristics and quality of care

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Dirkzwager, Anja J E ^a   Verhaak, Peter F M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250795174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-8-33     Document Type: Article

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