Validity of self-reported utilization of physician services: A population study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-97

  Peersman, Wim ^a   Pasteels, Inge ^b   Cambier, Dirk ^a   De Maeseneer, Jan ^a   Willems, Sara ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BELGIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84900343416     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt079     Document Type: Article

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