A survey of factors associated with the utilization of community health centers for managing hypertensive patients in Chengdu, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Chai, Yun ^a,b   Xu, Hancheng ^a,e   Wang, Wenxin ^a   Liu, Bing ^b   Yang, Dehua ^c   Fan, Hong ^a   Song, Fujian ^d   Lu, Zuxun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Fourth People Hospital   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHINA; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OCCUPATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; ASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 79960032614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021718     Document Type: Article

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