Psychosocial and illness related predictors of consultation rates in primary care - A cohort study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 719-728

  Kapur, N ^a   Hunt, I ^a   Lunt, M ^a   McBeth, J ^a   Creed, F ^a   Macfarlane, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK ROLE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 2942580910     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291703001223     Document Type: Article

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