The “periodic physical examination” as a strategy for prevention in clinical practice
✍ Scribed by Gordon H. Defriese; Jean S. Hetherington
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 427 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-1912
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
very year millions of Americans who have no symptoms E of ill health or disease schedule appointments with physicians, nurses, and physician's assistants for the purpose of having these practitioners conduct complete assessments of their physical health status. In 1977, the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey conducted by the Nationdl Center for Health Statistics reported that 18.3 percent o f all office visits to physicians were for diagnostic, screening, or preventive purposes. For some specialties, there were much higher proportions of all visits for these reasons. I n obstetrics and gynecology, for example, this cluster accounted for 60 percent of
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