Predictors of health care use in patients with Parkinson's disease: A longitudinal study

Movement Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 772-779

  De Boer, Angela G E M ^a   Sprangers, Mirjam A G ^a   Speelman, Hans D ^a   De Haes, Hanneke C J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GP visits; Health care utilization; Neurologist visits; Parkinson's disease; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGY; NURSE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032736391     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(199909)14:5<772::AID-MDS1009>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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