Predicting medically unexplained physical symptoms and health care utilization: A symptom-perception approach

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-44

  Kolk, A M M ^a   Hanewald, G J F P ^a   Schagen, S ^a   Gijsbers Van Wijk, C M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health care utilization; Medically unexplained physical symptoms; Somatization; Symptom perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PATH ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSOMATICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SELF REPORT; SENSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036161163     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(01)00307-5     Document Type: Article

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