Defining chronic conditions for primary care with ICPC-2

Family Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 381-386

  O'Halloran, Julie ^a   Miller, Graeme C ^a   Britt, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Chronic disease; Classification; Family practice; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONITORING; NOMENCLATURE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 4444273416     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh407     Document Type: Review

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