Health service utilization patterns of primary care patients with osteoarthritis
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Health service utilization patterns of primary care patients with osteoarthritis
BACKGROUND To assess factors associated with visits to GPs, orthopaedists, and non-physician practitioners of complementary medicine (alternative practitioners) by primary care patients with osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS Cross-sectional survey among 1250 consecutively addressed patients from 75 primary care practices in Germany. All patients suffered from OA of the knee or hip according to ACR...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-169