How GPs can Recognize Persistent Frequent Attenders at Finnish Primary Health Care Using Electronic Patient Records

CONCLUSION: A typical pFA seems to be a woman, aged about 55 years with depressive episodes, asthma or COPD, and lower back pain. Physicians describe pFAs with ordinary words in patient records. It was not possible to differentiate pFAs from 1-year FAs in this way.PMID:34109878 | DOI:10.1177/21501327211024417

Source: Primary Care - June 10, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Anne Santalahti Sinikka Luutonen Tero Vahlberg Hans Moen Sanna Salanter ä P äivi Rautava Source Type: research