Why Do People With an Anxiety Disorder Utilize More Nonmental Health Care Than Those Without?

Health Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 545-553

  Levy, Andrea Gurmankin ^a,b   Maselko, Joanna ^b   Bauer, Mark ^c   Richman, Laura ^d   Kubzansky, Laura ^b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; health care services; health care utilization; psychological disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION;

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34748877239     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.26.5.545     Document Type: Article

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