Chronic disease risk factors associated with health service use in the elderly

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Maaten, Sarah ^a   Kephart, George ^b   Kirkland, Susan ^b   Andreou, Pantelis ^b  

^a Elgin St Thomas Health Unit   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; AGE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOVA SCOTIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57749169693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-237     Document Type: Article

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