Frequent attenders in general practice and immigrant status in Norway: A nationwide cross-sectional study

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 232-240

  Diaz, Esperanza ^a,b   Gimeno Feliu, Luis Andrés ^c,d,e   Calderón Larrañaga, Amaia ^c,e,f   Prados Torres, Alexandra ^c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Center for Minority Health Research   (Norway)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^d Aragon Health Service   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emigrants and immigrants; General practice; Health care research; Morbidity; Norway; Primary health care; Registries; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84917695879     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2014.982368     Document Type: Article

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