Background General Practitioners spend a disproportionate amount of time on frequent
attenders. So far, trials on the effect of interventions on frequent attenders have shown negative …

Background Few patients who attend GP consultations frequently continue to do so long
term. While transient frequent attendance may be readily explicable, persistent frequent …

Objective Despite the growing number of point-of-care (POC) tests available, little research
has assessed primary care clinician need for such tests. We therefore aimed to determine …

Background General practitioners (GPs) or researchers sometimes need to identify frequent
attenders (FAs) in order to screen them for unidentified problems and to test specific …

… Dit artikel is een bewerkte vertaling van: Frans ThM Smits, Henk J Brouwer, Henk CP van
Weert, et al. Predictability of persistent frequent attendance: a historic 3-year cohort study. Br J …

PURPOSE Although dizzy patients are predominantly seen in primary care, most diagnostic
studies on dizziness have been performed among patients in secondary or tertiary care. Our …

Background potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) is associated with adverse health
effects in older patients. PIP comprises prescription of potentially inappropriate medications (…

Background Although dizziness in elderly patients is very common in family practice, most
prevalence studies on dizziness are community-based and include a study population that is …

Background Dizziness is a common and often disabling symptom, but diagnosis often remains
unclear; especially in older persons where dizziness tends to be multicausal. Research …

Objective. To analyse which interventions are effective in influencing morbidity, quality of life,
and healthcare utilization of frequently attending patients (FAs) in primary care. Methods. A …