Epidemiology of frequent attenders: A 3-year historic cohort study comparing attendance, morbidity and prescriptions of one-year and persistent frequent attenders

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Smits, Frans Thm ^a,b   Brouwer, Henk J ^a   Ter Riet, Gerben ^a,c   Van Weert, Henk C P ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Medical Health Centre Reigersbos   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; PRESCRIPTION; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61749091212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-36     Document Type: Article

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