Psychological distress as a barrier to preventive care in community-dwelling elderly in the United States

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-191

  Thorpe, Joshua M ^a,c   Kalinowski, Carolyn T ^b   Patterson, Mark E ^a   Sleath, Betsy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Elderly; Preventive care; Psychologic distress

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644872187     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000196965.54871.d5     Document Type: Article

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