Determinants of initial utilization of community healthcare services among patients with major non-communicable chronic diseases in South China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Yang, Huajie ^a   Huang, Xiang ^b   Zhou, Zhiheng ^b   Wang, Harry H X ^c,d   Tong, Xinyue ^a   Wang, Zhihong ^a   Wang, Jiaji ^b   Lu, Zuxun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA; YOUNG ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION;

PYRONIA TITHONUS;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919934980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116051     Document Type: Article

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