Health perceptions of primary care patients and the influence on health care utilization

Medical Care

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1989, Pages S99-S109

  Connelly, Julia E ^a   Philbrick, John T ^a   Richard Smith, G ^b   Kaiser, Donald L ^a   Wymer, Antoinette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment of health status; General health ratings index; Health perceptions; Health status assessment; Primary care patients; Utilization of health services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0024637831     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-198903001-00009     Document Type: Article

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