Persistent frequent attenders in primary care: costs, reasons for attendance, organisation of care and potential for cognitive behavioural therapeutic intervention

BACKGROUND: The top 3% of frequent attendance in primary care is associated with 15% of all appointments in primary care, a fivefold increase in hospital expenditure, and more mental disorder and functional somatic symptoms compared to normal attendance. Although often temporary if these rates of at...

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Autores principales: Morriss, Richard, Kai, Joe, Atha, Christopher, Avery, Anthony, Bayes, Sara, Franklin, Matthew, George, Tracey, James, Marilyn, Malins, Samuel, McDonald, Ruth, Patel, Shireen, Stubley, Michelle, Yang, Min
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3390898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22607525
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-13-39

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