The effects of marital dissolution and marital quality on health and health service use among women

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 858-873

  Prigerson, Holly G ^a,b,c   Maciejewski, Paul K ^b   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Yale University School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Health service use; Marital dissolution; Marital quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAPPINESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAPPINESS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0033194759     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199909000-00003     Document Type: Article

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