Adolescent health care use: Investigating related determinants in Greece

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 477-485

  Giannakopoulos, George ^a   Tzavara, Chara ^a   Dimitrakaki, Christine ^a   Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^b   Tountas, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Determinants; Health care use; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; SCHOOL CHILD; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 77952551191     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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