The frequent attenders in primary care: Sociodemographic profile, clinical characteristics and proposal of a new definition;Los hiperfrecuentadores en atención primaria: perfil sociodemográfico, características clínicas y propuesta de una nueva definición

Atencion Primaria

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 631-632

  Luciano Devis, Juan Vicente ^a   Serrano Blanco, Antoni ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORKLOAD;

HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 63649118085     PISSN: 02126567     EISSN: 15781275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0212-6567(08)75697-X     Document Type: Article

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