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

• Main Authors: Anne Santalahti (Author), Sinikka Luutonen (Author), Tero Vahlberg (Author), Hans Moen (Author), Sanna Salanterä (Author), Päivi Rautava (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: The proportion of patients who are frequent attenders (FAs) varies from few percent to almost 30% of all patients. A small group of patients continued to visit GPs year after year. In previous studies, it has been reported that over 15% of all 1-year FAs were persistent frequent attend...