Open AccessCan patients who apply to tertiary care with headache for the first time be managed in primary care? - a cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Hündür Doğan E,
İrfan Şencan,
Hülya Doğan,
Adem Özkara
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-2010-237
Subject(s) - medicine , tertiary care , cross sectional study , primary care , family medicine , pathology
Headaches are one of the most common neurological symptoms. They adversely affect daily life, reduces the workforce, and have high health costs. Managing this symptom in primary care will free up secondary and tertiary health services to better treat patients who need follow-up by specialists. In the present study, we aim to show the rate at which this problem can be solved in primary care for patients who applied tertiary care services with a headache for the first time.