TY - JOUR T1 - Persistent frequent attenders JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 293 LP - 294 DO - 10.3399/bjgp10X484002 VL - 60 IS - 573 AU - Frans Smits AU - Henk Brouwer AU - Gerben ter Riet Y1 - 2010/04/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/60/573/293.3.abstract N2 - We read with great interest the article by Luciano et al about frequent attendance in the BJGP.1The authors state that ‘neither definition (has taken) into account that certain patients need to make more consultations than others,’ and therefore, they study a two-stage approach in that they define frequent attenders according to four clinical profiles and to the top 25 and 10% top attenders.Obviously sick patients will make more appointments with their … ER -