Health services utilization of patients with vertigo in primary care: A retrospective cohort study

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 261, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1492-1498

  Grill, Eva ^a   Strupp, Michael ^a   Müller, Martin ^a   Jahn, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; Dizziness; Primary health care; Utilization; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID PLUS CLOPIDOGREL; AMITRIPTYLINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETAHISTINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CINNARIZINE; CORTISONE; DIMENHYDRINATE; FLUNARIZINE; MIRTAZAPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SULPIRIDE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; BILATERAL VESTIBULOPATHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIZZINESS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MIGRAINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC VERTIGO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKILL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR MIGRAINE; VESTIBULAR PAROXYSMIA; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VERTIGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906092658     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-014-7367-y     Document Type: Article

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