Predictors of avoiding medical care and reasons for avoidance behavior

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 336-345

  Kannan, Viji Diane ^a   Veazie, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Care avoidance; Delay stages; Patient delay; Reasons for delay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MONEY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; TIME; TRUST; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SELF EFFICACY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904856965     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000100     Document Type: Article

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