Defining frequent attendance in general practice

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Smits, Frans T M ^a,c   Mohrs, Jacob J ^a   Beem, Ellen E ^b   Bindels, Patrick J E ^a   Van Weert, Henk C P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Medical Health Centre Reigersbos   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 43149125824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-9-21     Document Type: Article

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