The effects of health status on the utilization of complementary and alternative medicine

Health Education Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 258-275

  Avogo, Winfred ^a   Frimpong, Jemima A ^b   Rivers, Patrick A ^c   Kim, Sam S ^d  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status; Quality of care; US complementary medicine; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 57049138937     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0017896908097069     Document Type: Article

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