Purpose in life and use of preventive health care services

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 46, 2014, Pages 16331-16336

  Kim, Eric S ^a   Strecher, Victor J ^a   Ryff, Carol D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Health screening; Meaning in life; Purpose in life; Well being

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PURPOSE IN LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; HABIT; INSURANCE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HABITS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84911905302     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1414826111     Document Type: Article

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