2011-05-25
Musculoskeletal Problems in Children in General Practice
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Klachten van het bewegingsapparaat bij kinderen in de huisartsenpraktijk
Musculoskeletal diseases are extremely common and have important consequences for the individual and for society. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared musculoskeletal diseases to be a problem in both the developed and developing world. WHO has, together with the United Nations and European governments declared 2000-10 the “bone and joint decade”, with the aim of improving the health related quality of life of people with musculoskeletal conditions by means of research and by raising awareness of this growing problem. A British study showed that a quarter of the listed population of a general practice consults at least once a year for a musculoskeletal problem. The British healthcare system is comparable to the system in the Netherlands. A Dutch study, the second Dutch national survey of general practice (DNSGP-2) performed by NIVEL in 2001, on which some of the articles of this thesis are based, showed that in adults a musculoskeletal problem is the most common reason to consult the general practitioner and that in children it is the third most common reason to consult the general practitioner.
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| Erasmus MC Rotterdam, Huisarts: Specialist in veelzijdigheid!, SBOH, Stichting Annafonds, Stichting ’Kleine Kwalen in de Huisartsgeneeskunde | |
| F.G. Schellevis (François) , B.W. Koes (Bart) | |
| Erasmus University Rotterdam | |
| hdl.handle.net/1765/26723 | |
| Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
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Krul, M. (2011, May 25). Musculoskeletal Problems in Children in General Practice. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/26723 |
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