Use of Alternative Therapists among People in Care for HIV in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 980-987

  London, Andrew S ^a,f   Foote Ardah, Carrie E ^b   Fleishman, John A ^c   Shapiro, Martin F ^d,e  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038579080     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.6.980     Document Type: Article

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