Correlation between patients’ reasons for encounters/health problems and population density in Japan: a systematic review of observational studies coded by the International Classification of Health Problems in Primary Care (ICHPPC) and the International Classification of Primary care (ICPC)

Abstract Background The Japanese health care system has yet to establish structured training for primary care physicians; therefore, physicians who received an internal medicine based training program continue to play a principal role in the primary care setting. To promote the development of a more...

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Main Authors: Makoto Kaneko, Ryuichi Ohta, Naoki Nago, Motoharu Fukushi, Masato Matsushima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Family Practice
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12875-017-0658-5