Costly patients with unexplained medical symptoms: A high-risk population

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-178

  Margalit, Alon P A ^a   El Ad, Aviva ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Leumit Research Institue   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biopsychosocial approach to patient care; Health care costs; Randomized trials; Unexplained medical symptoms (UMS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 37849034025     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.09.020     Document Type: Article

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