Group B (GP): Follow-up by general practitioner, final examination at hospital's emergency unit.
Follow-up assessments are performed 6 months, 1, 2, 5 and 10 years after the intervention: Children will complete the same questionnaires at all time points and visit their general practitioner for examination of anthropometric parameters, blood pressure and assessment of pubertal stage.
Between October 1998 and October 2001 121 patients, referred by their general practitioner for radiographic examination because of long standing knee pain, were listed.
The study included a well-defined chronic LBP population that was referred from general practitioners for LBP examination and return-to-work intervention.
The practitioners performing the examination and delivering treatments were otherwise not involved in this study and blinded to the results of both the COP measures and the NRS-scores.
The DCMP provides financial incentives for physicians to increase exhaustive follow-up visits, including annual self-care education and assessment by care managers and a clinical nutrition practitioner, annual eye examinations, and four annual laboratory tests.
32 For every health state defined by the CD4-cell count, an additional health cost associated with patients was assumed, including a further consumption of health resources due to hospitalization, day hospital, general practitioner and specialist examinations, laboratory tests, and diagnostic procedures.
In case of a positive test result, participants were advised to visit their General Practitioner (GP) for additional examination and treatment [ 4].
The student must (1) receive a professional education and graduate from a medical school; (2) pass the national examination of practitioner qualification and receive a certificate for practice; and (3) register with a certain medical institution.
