Multimorbidity in primary care: Protocol of a national cross-sectional study in Switzerland

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Déruaz Luyet, Anouk ^a   Alexandra N'Goran, A ^a   Tandjung, Ryan ^b   Frey, Peter ^c   Zeller, Andreas ^d   Haller, Dagmar M ^e   Rosemann, Thomas ^b   Burnand, Bernard ^f   Bodenmann, Patrick ^g   Senn, Nicolas ^g   Widmer, Daniel ^a   Herzig, Lilli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^g LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIMORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; ADOLESCENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84948985196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009165     Document Type: Article

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