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- Title
The course of nonspecific chest pain in primary care: symptom persistence and health care usage.
- Authors
Glombiewski, Julia Anna; Rief, Winfried; Bösner, Stefan; Keller, Heidemarie; Martin, Alexandra; Donner-Banzhoff, Norbert
- Abstract
Nonspecific chest pain is common in primary care, yet knowledge is sparse about its course and outcome and how they relate to optimum health care usage. We investigated the following observations: (1) many patients who present with nonspecific chest pain in primary care show symptom persistence for 6 months, (2) many patients with nonspecific chest pain showed signs of overinvestigation, and (3) many patients with chronic chest pain were referred to mental health specialists.
- Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2010, Vol 170, Issue 3, p251
- ISSN
1538-3679
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archinternmed.2009.474