Sexually transmitted infection health-care seeking behaviour in the Netherlands: General practitioner attends to the majority of sexually transmitted infection consultations

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 374-379

  Van Bergen, Jan E A M ^a,d   Kerssens, Jan J ^b   Schellevis, Francois G ^b   Sandfort, Theo G ^c   Coenen, Ton T ^a   Bindels, Patrick J ^d  

^a National Institute for STI and AIDS Control in the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General practitioner; GP; Health care seeking; Primary care; STI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GENERAL PRACTICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 34748828087     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646207781024883     Document Type: Article

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