Frequent use of primary health care service in Greenland: an opportunity for undiagnosed disease case-finding

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Michael Lynge Pedersen, Anne Rolskov, Jytte Lindskov Jacobsen, Anna Rask Lynge
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2012
• Subjects: Greenland; Inuit; chronic disease; primary health care; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Nuuk; Circumpolar Health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health; inuit
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18431; https://doaj.org/article/7ffe32f1ee354ceb97c7d30d0a8a64fc

Objectives. To estimate the age- and gender-specific consultation rates of patients who availed primary health care service in Greenland and to analyse contact patterns among patients in Nuuk. Design. Observational and cross-sectional register study using data captured from the medical records. Mate...