Frequent users of health care are only a fraction of the patient population, the frequency and mode of con-sulting prove to be out of proportion and annoying. The nature of their healthwise behavior follows from the coexistence of body and psycho-social problems in their recent or more remote past. Often, there is pre-sent some anxious or depressive disturbance, the curing of which is effected by consultations. There are fre¬quent visits to a number of healthcare as well as sociál care systems. Knowledge of the problém can dimi-nish negative reactions that such patients evoke in healthcare facilities.

        Key words: frequent users - frequent consulters - difficult patients