Frequent consulting and multiple morbidity: A qualitative comparison of 'high' and 'low' consulters of GPs

Family Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 168-175

  Townsend, Anne ^a   Wyke, Sally ^b   Hunt, Kate ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frequent consulting; Multiple chronic illness; Qualitative; Self management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SELF CARE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCOTLAND; SELF CARE;

EID: 47049130395     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmn017     Document Type: Article

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