Publications by authors named "Felix Gilberto Islas Ruz"
Health care utilization of mexican patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms.
Azucena Maribel Rodriguez González José Manuel Ramírez Aranda Homero de Los Santos Reséndiz María Yolanda Lara Duarte Santiago Oscar Pazaran Zanella Félix Gilberto Islas Ruz Silvia Cruz Duarte
Colomb Med (Cali)
September 2016
Objective: 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.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional, retrospective and multicenter study. We included 1,043 patients over 18 years of age from 30 primary care units of a government health institution, in 11 states of Mexico, attended by 39 family physicians.