Increased health care utilization by patients with peripheral arterial disease in primary care: Data from the CONTENT study;Erhöhte inanspruchnahme primärärztlicher leistungen durch pavk-patienten. Daten der content-studie

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 228-234

  Muller Buhl U ^a   Szecsenyi, J ^a   Laux, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular morbidity; CONTENT; Health care utilization; Peripheral arterial disease; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SLEEP DISORDER; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPENSITY SCORE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959315134     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000097     Document Type: Article

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