Ethnic differences in Internal Medicine referrals and diagnosis in the Netherlands

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lanting, Loes C ^a   Bootsma, Aart H ^a   Lamberts, Steven W J ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Joung, Inez M A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT COMBINATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF PRIMARY CARE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; MOROCCO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; SURINAME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SURINAME; TURKEY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WEST INDIES;

EID: 51849148980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-287     Document Type: Article

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