| Title |
Morbidity and doctor characteristics only partly explain the substantial healthcare expenditures of frequent attenders: a record linkage study between patient data and reimbursements data
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| Published in |
BMC Primary Care, September 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2296-14-138 |
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| Authors |
Frans T Smits, Henk J Brouwer, Aeilko H Zwinderman, Jacob Mohrs, Hugo M Smeets, Judith E Bosmans, Aart H Schene, Henk C Van Weert, Gerben ter Riet |
| Abstract |
Frequently attending patients to primary care (FA) are likely to cost more in primary care than their non-frequently attending counterparts. But how much is spent on specialist care of FAs? We describe the healthcare expenditures of frequently attending patients during 1, 2 or 3 years and test the hypothesis that additional costs can be explained by FAs' combined morbidity and primary care physicians' characteristics. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 61 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 60 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 9 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 11% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 15 | 25% |
| Unknown | 14 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 48% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 7% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Unknown | 19 | 31% |