Why patients visit their doctors: Assessing the most prevalent conditions in a defined American population

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-67

  St Sauver, Jennifer L ^a   Warner, David O ^a   Yawn, Barbara P ^a,b   Jacobson, Debra J ^a   McGree, Michaela E ^a   Pankratz, Joshua J ^a   Melton III, L Joseph ^a   Roger, Véronique L ^a   Ebbert, Jon O ^a   Rocca, Walter A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b OLMSTED MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN; ANEMIA; ANXIETY; ARTHROPATHY; ASIAN; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BREAST CANCER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLON CANCER; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISORDERS OF LIPID METABOLISM; ENTEROPATHY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; ICD-9; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; THYROID DISEASE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84872947758     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.08.020     Document Type: Article

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