An international comparative family medicine study of the transition project data from the netherlands, malta and serbia. Is family medicine an international discipline? Comparing incidence and prevalence rates of reasons for encounter and diagnostic titles of episodes of care across populations

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-298

  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

Electronic medical record; Electronic patient record; Epidemiology; Episode of care; Family medicine; General practice; ICPC; Incidence; International; International Classification of Primary Care; Longitudinal; Malta; Person centred care; Prevalence; Reason for encounter; Serbia; The Netherlands; Transition project

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CODING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALTA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SERBIA; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPISODE OF CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MALTA; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SERBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861782844     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr098     Document Type: Article

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