The use of annual physical examinations among the elderly in rural China: A cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sun, Xi ^a   Chen, Yingchun ^a   Tong, Xuetao ^a   Feng, Zhanchun ^a   Wei, Li ^a   Zhou, Donghua ^a   Tian, Miaomiao ^b   Lv, Benyan ^a   Feng, Da ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL INFORMATION   (China)

Author keywords

Annual physical examination; Chinese; Elderly; Health services use; Rural

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AGED; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84892377807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-16     Document Type: Article

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