Associations between health care seeking and socioeconomic and demographic determinants among people reporting alarm symptoms of cancer: A population-based cross-sectional study

Family Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 655-665

  Svendsen, Rikke P ^a   Jarbol, Dorte E ^a   Larsen, Pia V ^a   Støvring, Henrik ^b   Hansen, Bjarne L ^a   Soendergaard, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cross sectional survey; Demographic factors; Family practice; Health care seeking behaviour; Signs and symptoms; Socioeconomic factors.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE-SEEKING BEHAVIOUR; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS.;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888145814     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmt036     Document Type: Article

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