ArticleCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2011
Should we abandon the periodic health examination?: NO.
Article in Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Stakeholders' perceptions and experiences of factors influencing the commissioning, delivery, and uptake of general health checks: a qualitative evidence synthesis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Physical examination in patient-centred care: Is the pendulum swinging too far the other way?Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2019Article
- Comprehensive preventive care assessments for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Part 2: 2003 to 2014.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2019Article
- Are we making a difference in primary care for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities?Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2018Article
- Periodic preventive health visits: a more appropriate approach to delivering preventive services: From the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2017Article
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- Low rate of non-attenders to primary care providers in Israel - a retrospective longitudinal study.Israel journal of health policy research · 2014Article
- Periodic cohort health examinations in the TAMRISK study show untoward increases in body mass index and blood pressure during 15 years of follow-up.BMC public health · 2012Article
- Health care expectations in Newfoundland.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2012Article
- Preventive health care, not examination.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2011Article
- Finding a better balance for the periodic health examination.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2011Article
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