Health Service Use Predictors Among Trauma Survivors: A Critical Review

Psychological Services

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-19

  Elhai, Jon D ^a   North, Terry C ^b   Frueh, B Christopher ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

emotional trauma; health services research; methodology; posttraumatic stress disorder; service utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744508988     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1541-1559.2.1.3     Document Type: Article

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