Diagnoses and visit length in complementary and mainstream medicine

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Heiligers, Phil J M ^a,b   de Groot, Judith ^a,c   Koster, Dick ^d   van Dulmen, Sandra ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Integraal Kankercentrum Noord Nederland   (Netherlands)

^d Homeopathic practice   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICS; TIME;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATUROPATHY; NETHERLANDS; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949541655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-10-3     Document Type: Article

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