Less affluent users tended to contact NHS 24 less often for most problems than more affluent users; exceptions were for genitourinary, throat problems, eye problems and fever (table 6).
In the most high profile case, Rudy Washington, a former deputy mayor, had his initial claim challenged by the city, and then appealed by city lawyers after a judge granted him health care benefits for lung and throat problems related to ground zero.
A 2004 study in France found that women who worked in air-conditioned offices were almost twice as likely to take sick days – and more than twice as likely to visit the doctor for ear, nose and throat problems.
A survey of pediatric clinic patients in Quebec revealed that ear, nose, and throat problems accounted for 24% of child visits to alternative medicine practitioners [ 5], and a survey of parents at a British pediatric otolaryngology clinic found that 29% reported CAM use, with echinacea and manipulative treatments frequently cited [ 6].
With your casual fans, you say, 'Thanks for the money.' And they say, 'Thanks for the song.'" The band's concerts in December 1996 were postponed for a week due to Cornell's throat problems.
A court official said several members of the jury were experiencing cough and throat problems that made it hard for them to concentrate.
This is true for "wellness care", adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, ear, nose and throat problems, digestive disorders and infant colic.
Younger age; non-urgent acuity level; chest pain, ear, nose or throat problems; and injuries were independent predictors for self-referral.
Specialized care for respiratory symptoms was defined as a visit to a (child) pneumonologist or ear-, nose- or throat specialist in the past to months or a hospital admission for asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia or ear -, nose- or throat problems in the past year.
