US veterans use Vitamins and supplements as substitutes for prescription medication

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages S65-S69

  Goldstein, Jennifer N ^a   Long, Judith A ^b   Arevalo, Doris ^c   Ibrahim, Said A ^d   Mao, Jun J ^b  

^a CHRISTIANA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes and beliefs; Chronic disease management; Complementary and alternative medicine; Health system distrust; Medication adherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ARTHRITIS; BACKACHE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION;

PRESCRIPTION DRUG; VITAMIN;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VITAMINS;

EID: 84916230133     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000199     Document Type: Conference Paper

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