The influence of population characteristics on variation in general practice based morbidity estimations

• Main Authors: van den Dungen C (Author), Hoeymans N (Author), Boshuizen HC (Author), van den Akker M (Author), Biermans MCJ (Author), van Boven K (Author), Brouwer HJ (Author), Verheij RA (Author), de Waal MWM (Author), Schellevis FG (Author), Westert GP (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>General practice based registration networks (GPRNs) provide information on morbidity rates in the population. Morbidity rate estimates from different GPRNs, however, reveal considerable, unexplained differences. We studied the range...