Factors affecting physician visits in Chinese and Chinese immigrant samples

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 704-714

  Miltiades, Helen B ^a   Wu, Bei ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Healthcare utilization; Immigrants; Older people; Physician visits; Traditional Chinese medicine; USA

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMIGRATION; POPULATION SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGE SPECIFIC CARE; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; BOSTON; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; SHANGHAI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37249076545     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.10.016     Document Type: Article

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