The influence of population characteristics on variation in general practice based morbidity estimations

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Van Den Dungen, C ^a,b   Hoeymans, Nancy ^a   Boshuizen, H C ^a   Van Den Akker, M ^c,j   Biermans, M C J ^d   Van Boven, K ^d,e   Brouwer, H J ^f   Verheij, R A ^g   De Waal, M W M ^h   Schellevis, F G ^g,i   Westert, G P ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e General Practitioner ^*  (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^h LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Family practice; Incidence; Medical records; Population characteristics; Prevalence; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; URBAN RENEWAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82055175681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-887     Document Type: Article

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