Barriers to healthcare utilization in fatiguing illness: A population-based study in Georgia

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lin, Jin Mann S ^a   Brimmer, Dana J ^a   Boneva, Roumiana S ^a   Jones, James F ^a   Reeves, William C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849093615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-13     Document Type: Article

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