Assessment of perceived health status among primary care patients in Southern Italy: Findings from a cross-sectional survey

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Manuti, Benedetto ^a   Rizza, Paolo ^a   Pileggi, Claudia ^a   Bianco, Aida ^a   Pavia, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health policy; Mental health; Physical function; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 12; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878710987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-93     Document Type: Article

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