What contributes to the activeness of ethnic minority patients with chronic illnesses seeking allied health services? A cross-sectional study in rural western China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 11579-11593

  Tang, Shangfeng ^a   Dong, Dong ^b   Ji, Lu ^c   Fu, Hang ^a   Feng, Zhanchun ^a   Bishwajit, Ghose ^a   He, Zhifei ^a   Ming, Hui ^a   Fu, Qian ^a   Xian, Yue ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activeness; Allied health services; Ethnic minorities; Insurance; Rural areas; Western China

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

CHINA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84941662490     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120911579     Document Type: Article

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