On the relationship between weight status and doctor shopping behavior - Evidence from Australia

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2225-2230

  Feng, Xiaoqi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; AMBULATORY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OFFICE VISITS; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84887182969     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20586     Document Type: Article

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