title: The role of family practice in different health care systems: a comparison of reasons for encounter, diagnoses, and interventions in primary care populations in the Netherlands, Japan, Poland, and the United States.
authors.affiliation: Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Division of Public Health, Dept of Family Practice, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands. i.m.okkes@amc.uva.nl
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Okkes
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Polderman
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Fryer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bujak
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Oskam
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lamberts
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004813:Epidemiology; D017050:Episode of Care; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology