The use of defenses and physician health care costs: Are physician health care costs lower in persons with more adaptive defense profiles?

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 315-323

  MacGregor, Michael William ^a   Davidson, Karina W ^b   Rowan, Paul ^c   Barksdale, Cheryl ^d   MacLean, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult; Defense mechanisms; Physician health care costs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIDEOTAPE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEES, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOVA SCOTIA; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0142057384     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073028     Document Type: Article

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