Healthcare-seeking prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms among national health insurance enrollees in Taiwan, 2000-2009

Urology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-65

  Wu, Ming Ping ^a   Hsu, Ya Wen ^a   Weng, Shih Feng ^a   Ho, Chung Han ^a   Wang, Jhi Joung ^a   Tong, Yat Ching ^a,b  

^a CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; MICTURITION DISORDER; NOCTURIA; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; POLYURIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN; TREND STUDY; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871956442     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2012.08.033     Document Type: Article

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