Attitudes of primary healthcare chief physicians towards research in Finland - a national study.

Objective: To illustrate the views of chief physicians in Finnish primary healthcare health centres (HCs) on the existing research capacity of their centres, their attitudes to practice-based research network activity, and research topics of interest to them.

Design: A cross-sectional survey study.

Setting: Finnish HCs.

Risk factors for persistent frequent use of the primary health care services among frequent attenders: a Bayesian approach.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine risk factors that predict persistent healthcare frequent attendance among a frequent attender (FA) population.

Design: Prospective cohort study without intervention.

Setting: Primary healthcare centre in Tampere, Finland.