An international comparative family medicine study of the Transition Project data from the Netherlands, Malta, Japan and Serbia. An analysis of diagnostic odds ratios aggregated across age bands, years of observation and individual practices

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 315-331

  Soler, Jean K ^a,b   Okkes, Inge ^b,c   Oskam, Sibo ^c   van Boven, Kees ^d   Zivotic, Predrag ^e   Jevtic, Milan ^f   Dobbs, Frank ^a,b   Lamberts, Henk ^c   van Boven, C ^g   Dijksterhuis, P H ^g   Groen, A ^g   de Haan, J ^g   Groot, A M Honselaar De ^g   Janssen, D ^g   Polman, T A L ^g   Polderman, G O ^g   Stolp, K E I ^g   Valken, N ^g   Veltman, M T M ^g   Woerdeman, M ^g   Calleja, Francis Paul ^g   Sammut, Carmen ^g   Sammut, Mario R ^g   Sammut, Daniel ^g   Sammut, David ^g   Bonnici, Jason ^g   Buhagiar, John ^g   Baldacchino, Andrew ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Mediterranean Institute of Primary Care   (Malta)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e BONEX inzenjering   (Serbia)

^f Saga System Integration   (Serbia)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Electronic medical records; Electronic patient records; Episode of care; Family medicine; General practice; ICPC; International; International classification of primary Care; Japan; Malta; Reason for encounter; Serbia; The Netherlands; Transition project

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ODDS RATIO; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF PRIMARY CARE; JAPAN; MALTA; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SERBIA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASTHMA; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; EPISODE OF CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONALITY; JAPAN; MALTA; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SERBIA; TIME FACTORS; TONSILLITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861766564     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr100     Document Type: Article

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