Skin Diseases in Family Medicine: Prevalence and Health Care Use
Verhoeven, Elisabeth W. M. (Creator), Kraaimaat, Floor W. (Creator), van Weel, Chris (Creator), van de Kerkhof, Peter C. M. (Creator), Duller, Piet (Creator), van der Valk, Pieter G. M. (Creator), van den Hoogen, Henk J. M. (Creator), Bor, J. Hans J. (Creator), Schers, Henk J. (Creator), Evers, Andrea W. M. (Creator)
PURPOSE Ongoing care for patients with skin diseases can be optimized by understanding the incidence and population prevalence of various skin diseases and the patient-related factors related to the use of primary, specialty, and alternative health care for these conditions. We examined the recent prevalence of skin diseases in a defined population of family medicine patients, self-reported disease-related quality of life, extent and duration of skin disease, and the use of health care by patients with skin diseases
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