The Decision to Seek Care: Factors Associated with the Propensity to Seek Care in a Community-Based Cohort of Men

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 218-222

  Roberts, Rosebud O ^a   Rhodes, Thomas ^c   Girman, Cynthia J ^a,c   Guess, Harry A ^a,c   Oesterling, Joseph E ^d   Lieber, Michael M ^b   Jacobsen, Steven J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031135030     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.6.3.218     Document Type: Article

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