The association of traumatic experiences and posttraumatic stress disorder with health care utilization in the elderly - a German population based study

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-184

  Glaesmer, Heide ^a   Braehler, Elmar ^a   Riedel Heller, Steffi G ^a   Freyberger, Harald J ^b   Kuwert, Philipp ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health care utilization; Physical morbidity; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79955993068     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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