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age group
groupe d’âgeCategory label
Age groupsGroupe d’âgeQ-Code supplementary keywords
classe d'âgeQ-Code scope note
the list of all patients in a practice arranged by age and sex. The primary purpose of this groups is to provide a defined population against which rates of observed occurrence in a practice may be calculated.(adapted from Woncadic)liste de tous les patients d'une pratique organisée par âge et/ou sexe. Le but premier de ces groupes est de fournir une population définie permettant de calculer les fréquences observées dans une pratique.(adapté de Woncadic)Q-Code conceptual content
Age Distribution ; The frequency of different ages or age groups in a given population. The distribution may refer to either how many or what proportion of the group. The population is usually patients with a specific disease but the concept is not restricted to humans and is not restricted to medicine.(MeSH)AGE DISTRIBUTION ; the spread of the population across age groups (Woncadic)Age Groups Persons classified by age from birth (INFANT, NEWBORN) to octogenarians and older (AGED, 80 AND OVER). Year introduced: 1998 (MeSH)AGE GROUPS standard age groups in years: less than 1 year; 1 to 4 years; 5 to 14 years; 15 to 24 years; 25 to 44 years; 45 to 64 years; 65 to 74 years; 75 years and over. 5-yearly cohorts are increasingly used for children and the elderly. Standard division points should be retained (e.g.: 5-9 years, 10-14 years, 65-69 years, 70-74 years, 75-79 years, 80-84 years and 85 years and over). (Woncadic)AGE-SEX REGISTER the list of all patients in a practice arranged by age and sex. The primary purpose of this register is to provide a defined population against which rates of observed occurrence in a practise may be calculated.(Woncadic)UMLS CUI
C0027362
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Baker CD. A practice pattern of patient-doctor contact. The Journal of the College of General Practitioners. 1966; 12(1): 54-67. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4380296
Wolff JL, Roter DL. Family presence in routine medical visits: a meta-analytical review. Social science & medicine (1982). 2011; 72(6): 823-31. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21353358
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