Overutilization of ambulatory medical care in the elderly German population? – An empirical study based on national insurance claims data and a review of foreign studies

Multimorbidity, health care utilization and costs in an elderly community-dwelling population: a claims data based observational study

(2015) Caroline Bähler et al.   BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

Multimorbidity of chronic diseases and health care utilization in general practice

(2014) Sandra H van Oostrom et al.   BMC Family Practice

Role of fear in overdiagnosis and overtreatment--an essay by Iona Heath

(2014) I. Heath   BMJ-British Medical Journal

A systematic review of medical practice variation in OECD countries

(2013) Ashley N. Corallo et al.   HEALTH POLICY

Trends in Physician Referrals in the United States, 1999-2009

(2012) Michael L. Barnett   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Chronic care management in Danish general practice - a cross‒sectional study of workload and multimorbidity

(2012) Grete Moth et al.   BMC Family Practice

Persistent frequent attenders in primary care: costs, reasons for attendance, organisation of care and potential for cognitive behavioural therapeutic intervention

(2012) Richard Morriss et al.   BMC Family Practice

Reliabilität ärztlicher Morbiditätsangaben zu chronischen Krankheiten

(2012) T. Zimmermann et al.   Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz

A comparative study demonstrated that prevalence figures on multimorbidity require cautious interpretation when drawn from a single database

(2012) Hendrik van den Bussche et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Unlimited access to health care - impact of psychosomatic co-morbidity on utilisation in German general practices

(2011) Antonius Schneider et al.   BMC Family Practice

Which chronic diseases and disease combinations are specific to multimorbidity in the elderly? Results of a claims data based cross-sectional study in Germany

(2011) Hendrik van den Bussche et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Epidemiology and impact of multimorbidity in primary care: a retrospective cohort study

(2011) Chris Salisbury et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE

The mental health of doctor-shoppers: Experience from a patient-led fee-for-service primary care setting

(2011) Joanna Norton et al.   JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

Dropping the Baton: Specialty Referrals in the United States

(2011) ATEEV MEHROTRA et al.   MILBANK QUARTERLY

Patterns of ambulatory medical care utilization in elderly patients with special reference to chronic diseases and multimorbidity - Results from a claims data based observational study in Germany

(2011) Hendrik van den Bussche et al.   BMC Geriatrics

Frequent attendance in primary care: comparison and implications of different definitions

(2010) Juan V Luciano et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE

Utilization Patterns of Ambulatory Medical Care before and after the Diagnosis of Dementia in Germany – Results of a Case-Control Study

(2010) Marion Eisele et al.   DEMENTIA AND GERIATRIC COGNITIVE DISORDERS

A population-based cohort study of ambulatory care service utilization among older adults

(2010) Jason X. Nie et al.   JOURNAL OF EVALUATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

Itʼs About Time

(2010) Thomas R. Konrad et al.   MEDICAL CARE

In their own words: qualitative study of high-utilising primary care patients with medically unexplained symptoms

(2009) Francesca C Dwamena et al.   BMC Family Practice

Unmet Needs and Treatment Seeking in High Users of Mental Health Services: Role of Illness Perceptions

(2008) Elizabeth Broadbent et al.   AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

Primary care physician supply and other key determinants of health care utilisation: the case of Switzerland

(2008) André Busato et al.   BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

Successful GP intervention with frequent attenders in primary care: randomised controlled trial

(2008) Juan Ángel Bellón et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE

Frequent consulting and multiple morbidity: a qualitative comparison of 'high' and 'low' consulters of GPs

(2008) A. Townsend et al.   FAMILY PRACTICE

Lower decision threshold for doctor visits as a predictor of health care use in somatoform disorders and in the general population

(2008) Ricarda Mewes et al.   GENERAL HOSPITAL PSYCHIATRY