Gender differences in general practice consultations: methodological challenges in epidemiological research
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Some methodological problems in studying consultations in general practice.
Every year in England and Wales there are about 200 million consultations between patients and general practitioners. Yet knowledge about these consultations is uneven and, in many aspects, scanty. There are statistics about the numbers, cost, and content of the prescriptions that are made up as a result of these consultations. The survey of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Office of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Family Practice
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1460-2229
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/15.5.404