Patients with somatoform disorders: More frequent attendance and higher utilization in primary Out-of-Hours care?
BACKGROUND:One significant health policy challenge in many European countries at present is developing strategies to deal with the increase in patient attendance at Out-of-Hours care (OOHC), whether this is at OOHC-Centres in primary care settings or hospital emergency departments (ED). FAs (FAs) pr...
Main Authors: | Ruediger Leutgeb, Sarah Berger, Joachim Szecsenyi, Gunter Laux |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6116940?pdf=render |
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