Morbidity in general practice in Barbados
West Indian med. j
; 29(2): 97-109, June 1980.
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ABSTRACT
From September 1977, 11 general practitioners took part in a survey of 12 months' duration in which they recorded morbidity at every doctor-patient encounter. 35,143 patients made 53,094 encounters and a total of 62,932 problems were identified. The most common reason for going to the doctor was for examination with no disease detected. Acute upper respiratory tract infections, hypertension and pregnancy were the 3 most common specific problems with which the doctors dealt. The results demonstrated some features of general practice such as the abundance of the common diseases, the need to be alert to the infrequent occurrence of wide range major disease, pre-symptomatic screening of the healthy "at risk" patient and the problems of the ill-defined conditions. Comparisons with other surveys show some similarities in general practice morbidity, but also important differences that can be related to prevailing local conditions (AU)
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Assunto principal:
Morbidade
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Medicina de Família e Comunidade
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Barbados
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Idioma:
En
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Ano de publicação:
1980
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