Healthcare costs incurred by patients repeatedly referred to secondary medical care with medically unexplained symptoms: A cost of illness study

Background: Some patients are repeatedly referred from primary to secondary care with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). We aimed to estimate the healthcare costs incurred by such referrals and to compare them with those incurred by other referred patients from the same defined primary care sampl...

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Main Authors: Burton, C, McGorm, K, Richardson, G, Weller, D, Sharpe, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012