Abnormal uterine bleeding, health status, and usual source of medical care: Analyses using the medical expenditures panel survey

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 959-965

  Matteson, Kristen A ^a   Raker, Christina A ^a   Clark, Melissa A ^a,b   Frick, Kevin D ^c  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 12; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887242399     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2013.4288     Document Type: Article

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