Influences on individuals' decisions to take up the offer of a health check: A qualitative study

Health Expectations

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2437-2448

  Burgess, Caroline ^a   Wright, Alison J ^a   Forster, Alice S ^a   Dodhia, Hiten ^b   Miller, Jane ^c   Fuller, Frances ^c   Cajeat, Eric ^b   Gulliford, Martin C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Lambeth Southwark and Lewisham Health Commission   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Health check; Patient preference; Preventive medicine; Qualitative methods; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84955177418     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hex.12212     Document Type: Article

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