Do 'alternative' help-seeking strategies affect primary care service use? A survey of help-seeking for mental distress

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rüdell, Katja ^a,b   Bhui, Kamaldeep ^a   Priebe, Stefan ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAREGIVER; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BANGLADESH; CARIBBEAN REGION; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 46749094648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-207     Document Type: Article

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