ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2002
Clinically inexplicable frequent attenders in general practice.
Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Traditional acupuncture for people with medically unexplained symptoms: a longitudinal qualitative study of patients' experiences.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2011Trial
- Acupuncture for 'frequent attenders' with medically unexplained symptoms: a randomised controlled trial (CACTUS study).The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2011Trial
- A consultation-level intervention to improve care of frequently attending patients: a cluster randomised controlled feasibility trial.BJGP open · 2019Article
- Holding relationships in primary care: a qualitative exploration of doctors' and patients' perceptions.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2011Article
- Defining frequent attendance in general practice.BMC family practice · 2008Article
- Shared help seeking behaviour within families: a retrospective cohort study.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2005Article
- All in the family: headaches and abdominal pain as indicators for consultation patterns in families.Annals of family medicineArticle
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Abstract
This study was based in an isolated rural practice, and it identified 107 frequent attenders (1.95% of the practice population), who created five times the consultation workload of a similar group matched for age and sex. The general practitioners (GPs) classified 60 (56%) of these patients as attending for clinically inexplicable reasons. This subgroup had higher rates of long-term medication and hospital referral, and more free access to primary health care. The study also identified very high levels of kinship and relationship by marriage within this group (47%).
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