Patients with shoulder complaints in general practice: Consumption of medical care

Rheumatology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 389-395

  Dorrestijn, Oscar ^a   Greving, Kim ^a   van der Veen, Willem Jan ^a   van der Meer, Klaas ^a   Diercks, Ron L ^a   Winters, Jan C ^a   Stevens, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consultation; Medical consumption; Primary care; Referral; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR DISLOCATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SHOULDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT SHOULDER DISLOCATION; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SHOULDER DISEASE; SHOULDER SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS; SHOULDER PAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751699625     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq333     Document Type: Article

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