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Influence of Watchful Waiting on Satisfaction and Anxiety Among Patients Seeking Care for Unexplained Complaints

Marloes A. van Bokhoven, Hèlen Koch, Trudy van der Weijden, Richard P. T. M. Grol, Arnold D. Kester, Paula E. L. M. Rinkens, Patrick J. E. Bindels and Geert-Jan Dinant
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2009, 7 (2) 112-120; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.958
Marloes A. van Bokhoven
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vol. 7 no. 2 112-120
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.958
PubMed 
19273865

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication April 1, 2008
  • Revision received July 28, 2008
  • Accepted for publication August 5, 2008
  • Published online March 9, 2009.

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  1. Marloes A. van Bokhoven, MD, PhD1,
  2. Hèlen Koch, MD, PhD2,
  3. Trudy van der Weijden, MD, PhD1,
  4. Richard P. T. M. Grol, PhD1,3,
  5. Arnold D. Kester, PhD4,
  6. Paula E. L. M. Rinkens, BSc5,
  7. Patrick J. E. Bindels, MD, PhD2 and
  8. Geert-Jan Dinant, MD, PhD6
  1. 1Department of General Practice/Centre for Quality of Care Research, Maastricht University, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht, The Netherlands
  2. 2Department of General Practice, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Division of Clinical Methods & Public Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  3. 3Centre for Quality of Care Research (WOK), Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  4. 4Department of Methodology and Statistics, Maastricht University, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht, The Netherlands
  5. 5Centre for Data and Information Management, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
  6. 6Department of General Practice, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Marloes A. van Bokhoven, MD, PhD, Maastricht University, Department of General Practice, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands, Loes.vanbokhoven{at}hag.unimaas.nl

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