Predictability of persistent frequent attendance: A historic 3-year cohort study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 559, 2009, Pages 114-119

  Smits, Frans Th M ^a   Brouwer, Henk J ^a   van Weert, Henk C P ^a   Schene, Aart H ^b   ter Riet, Gerben ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Family practice; Frequent attender; Mental disorders; Prognosis; Staff workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BOOTSTRAPPING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 59949100492     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bigp09X395120     Document Type: Article

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