The resource utilisation of medically unexplained physical symptoms
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The resource utilisation of medically unexplained physical symptoms
OBJECTIVES As patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms may present frequently to hospital settings and receive potentially unnecessary investigations and treatments, we aimed to assess the frequency and type of medically unexplained physical symptoms presentations to clinical services and estimate the associated direct healthcare costs. METHODS This study was undertaken at the la...
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عنوان ژورنال: SAGE Open Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2050-3121,2050-3121
DOI: 10.1177/2050312116666217