Chronic disease management items in general practice: A population-based study of variation in claims by claimant characteristics
Date
2011
Authors
Douglas, Kirsty P
Yen, Laurann
Korda, Rosemary
Kljakovic, Marjan
Glasgow, Nicholas
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Australasian Medical Association
Abstract
Objective: To describe how Medical Benefits Schedule (MBS) chronic disease (CD) item claims vary by sociodemographic and health characteristics in people with heart disease, asthma or diabetes. Design, setting and participants: A cross-sectional analysis
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Keywords: adult; aged; article; asthma; Australia; chronic disease; cohort analysis; controlled study; diabetes mellitus; disease association; educational status; female; general practice; health care management; health care planning; health survey; heart disease;
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Medical Journal of Australia
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Journal article
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Open Access
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DOI
10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03279.x