Affiliations 

  • 1 Tan Heng Soon, MD. Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 1985 Sep;40(3):211-9.
PMID: 3842716

Abstract

The reasons why 860 patients visited the general medical clinic at the University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur were studied. 75.3% of the patients came for evaluation of symptoms; 12.4% sought checkups for chronic diseases; 4.9% requested diagnostic checkups and screening tests; 4.8% came to renew prescription. Few visits were made for evaluation of injuries, receiving test results or for administrative examination. This profile reflected the function of the clinic as an acute diagnostic centre. Other applications of the results are discussed.
Study site: General Medical Clinic, University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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