Self-rated health status as a health measure: The predictive value of self-reported health status on the use of physician services and on mortality in the working-age population

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 517-528

  Miilunpalo, Seppo ^a   Vuori, Ilkka ^a   Oja, Pekka ^a   Pasanen, Matti ^a   Urponen, Helka ^a  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Health status; Health status indicators; Health surveys; Mortality; Physical fitness; Physician visit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031010219     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00045-0     Document Type: Article

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