Scandinavian journal of primary health care
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Jun 2001
Specialists as consultants to GPs. Private sector services as an alternative way of organising consultant services in health care.
To assess the effect on referral rate when GPs are given a better opportunity to send their patients to specialists for consultation. ⋯ An enhanced possibility to consult private specialists increases the number of referrals, but there are no consequent changes in the relative shares of the consulted specialties.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Mar 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialAcupressure treatment of morning sickness in pregnancy. A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
To find out whether acupressure wristband can alleviate nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy. ⋯ Acupressure wristband might be an alternative therapy for morning sickness in early pregnancy, especially before pharmaceutical treatment is considered.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Mar 2001
Estimated prevalences of respiratory symptoms, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease related to detection rate in primary health care.
To assess the prevalence of respiratory symptoms, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and to relate it to an estimated detection rate in primary health care. ⋯ Respiratory symptoms as well as asthma were common in this study and equivalent to earlier findings. The difference between the epidemiologically estimated prevalence of asthma and the lower detection rate in primary health care can be explained by at least three factors: persons who did not seek any care, were underdiagnosed or attended other health care providers.
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To explore the prevalence of fibromyalgia and chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain in a general population using the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology from 1990. ⋯ Compared to other studies, fibromyalgia and chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain seemed to be relatively rare conditions in the south-west of Sweden.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Jun 2000
Wide variation in the number of different drugs prescribed by general practitioners. A prescription database study.
To investigate the number of different drugs prescribed per dispensing unit and to analyse the influence of practice characteristics on this number. ⋯ As the quality of drug prescribing is associated with the use of a limited number of drugs, it is suggested that GPs should agree on a formulary containing the most essential drugs in primary health care.