A multivariate test of an expanded andersen health care utilization model for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use in African Americans

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 911-919

  Brown, Carolyn ^a   Barner, Jamie ^a   Bohman, Tom ^a   Richards, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MIGRAINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350087571     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0561     Document Type: Article

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