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In the Netherlands about 6,100 general practitioners provide medical care for about 14 million people. These GPs decide whether to treat the patient themselves or to refer the patient to a specialist, an outpatient clinic or even a hospital (secondary health care). The average patient visits his or her GP 3.5 times a year and is referred to secondary care only 0.5 times a year (primary referral). Today the importance of medical care given by General Practitioners is widely accepted as is the importance of research in the area of primary care.
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Westerhof, H.P., Boon, W.M., Cromme, P.V.M., van Bemmel, J.H. (1987). ELIAS: Support of the Dutch General Practitioner. In: Reichertz, P.L., Engelbrecht, R., Piccolo, U. (eds) Present Status of Computer Support in Ambulatory Care. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93355-4_1
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