Colomb Medica
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Multicenter Study
Health care utilization of mexican patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms.
To determine the prevalence of medically unexplained physical symptoms and the characteristics and use of health services in a group of patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms and a group of patients with other illnesses. ⋯ The prevalence of medically unexplained physical symptoms was low, but with a greater impact on some health services. This could represent an overload in medical costs.