Rheumatic patients in primary and secondary care: Differences in structure of diagnoses and working load within a five-year period

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 588-591

  Kallikorm, Riina ^a   Tender, Mare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Primary health care; Quality of health care; Rheumatic diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE;

ESTONIA; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 9644264298     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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