Potentially traumatic events and serious life stressors are prospectively associated with frequency of doctor visits and overnight hospital visits

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 90-96

  Gawronski, Katerina A B ^a   Kim, Eric S ^a   Miller, Laura E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctor visits; Health care utilization; Lifetime trauma; Stressor; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

DOCTOR VISITS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; LIFETIME TRAUMA; STRESSOR; TRAUMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84905057256     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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