Health care utilization among complementary and alternative medicine users in a large military cohort

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  White, Martin R ^a   Jacobson, Isabel G ^a   Smith, Besa ^a   Wells, Timothy S ^a   Gackstetter, Gary D ^b   Boyko, Edward J ^c   Smith, Tyler C ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b ANSER   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARMY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHIROPRACTIC; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMEOPATHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INTOXICATION; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEGRO; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SMOKING; SPIRITUAL HEALING; SYMPTOM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ODDS RATIO; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953799586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-27     Document Type: Article

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