Frequent attenders of three outpatient health care schemes in Finland: characteristics and association with long-term sickness absences, 2016–2018
Abstract Objectives Frequent attenders (FAs) impose a significant burden on service capacity and public health funding. Although the characteristics of the group and their risk for sickness absences (SA) have been studied, an understanding of FAs in different health care schemes is lacking. The aim...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-05-01
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| Series: | BMC Public Health |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10866-x |