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University Medical Center Groningen

prof. dr. M.H. (Marco) Blanker

General practitioner, epidemiologist, professor of general practice

Research interests

I am a professor of primary care, focussing on the durable accessibility of primary care. 

My previous works were mainly on urological research, especially the epidemiology of male lower urinary tract symptoms (including nocturia), female incontinence, childhood incontinence, and prostate cancer screening in general practice. Next to this, I have conducted (ongoing) studies on interdisciplinary consultations between GPs and specialists, and I am involved in the Dutch General Practice Research Consortium. 

 

Please visit https://umcgresearch.org/w/section-primary-care for an overview of the research topic at my departement. 

Publications

Exploring patient involvement and influencing factors in digital interdisciplinary consultation

Incorporating Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms to Predict the Risk of Positive Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Insights into general practice research in the Netherlands and Germany: methodical challenges and suggestions

Parental experiences with outpatient care for daytime urinary incontinence in children: a mixed methods study

Prevalence of cardiac dysfunction and longitudinal changes in cardiac function after breast cancer treatment with chemotherapy with/without radiation therapy compared with controls

Short term outcomes of non-invasive mobilization of the coccyx (NIMOC) for coccygodynia: a retrospective single-center study

Translation, reliability, and validity of the Dutch version of the ICIQ-PadPROM questionnaire

Urinary Incontinence-If We Would Only Ask

Anti-vertigo drug prescribing for patients with vestibular symptoms in primary care: a retrospective observational cohort study

Collaboration between general practitioners and psychiatrists via digital platforms in the Netherlands: advantages and specific limiting factors

Press/media

Many Men With LUTS Could Be Candidates to Stop Alpha-Blocker Treatment

Onderzoek tijdens een pandemie vraagt om andere regels

Thuismonitoring bij hartzorg getest in studie Care@Home

Veel vrouwen kampen met een ijzertekort, maar bijna niemand heeft dat in de gaten

Tien medische tests in één uur: wat heb je aan een preventieve gezondheidscheck?

Spoedzorg als verdienmodel

Succesverhalen passende zorg op VWS-congres laten zien wat werkt in de praktijk

Patiënten komen met ChatGPT-diagnose binnen: ‘Soms vertrouwen ze de chatbot meer dan mij’

Simple Question May Help Identify Women With Urinary Incontinence

‘Huisartsenzorg loopt vast zonder vernieuwing’

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