How GPs can Recognize Persistent Frequent Attenders at Finnish Primary Health Care Using Electronic Patient Records
Introduction: The proportion of patients who are frequent attenders (FAs) varies from few percent to almost 30% of all patients. A small group of patients continued to visit GPs year after year. In previous studies, it has been reported that over 15% of all 1-year FAs were persistent frequent attend...
Main Authors: | Anne Santalahti, Sinikka Luutonen, Tero Vahlberg, Hans Moen, Sanna Salanterä, Päivi Rautava |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2021-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Primary Care & Community Health |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/21501327211024417 |
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