Does an increase in visits to general practice indicate a malignancy?
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Does an increase in visits to general practice indicate a malignancy?
BACKGROUND An increase in a patient's visits to doctors usually raises concerns and may be a 'red flag' for a patient's deterioration of health. The aim of this study was to analyze whether an increase of patient-physician contacts is a first sign of a malignancy in a patient's near future. METHODS This is a retrospective case-control study. From 153 German general practices' electronic patie...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Family Practice
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1471-2296
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-016-0477-0