Effects of sex, age, and visits on receipt of preventive healthcare services: A secondary analysis of national data

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Viera, Anthony J ^a   Thorpe, Joshua M ^b   Garrett, Joanne M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCREENING TEST; AGE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644995276     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-15     Document Type: Article

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