Continuity of GP care is associated with lower use of complementary and alternative medical providers: A population-based cross-sectional survey

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hansen, Anne Helen ^a,b   Kristoffersen, Agnete E ^b   Lian, Olaug S ^b   Halvorsen, Peder A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medical providers; Continuity of patient care; Cross sectional study; General practice; Norway; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIGHEST INCOME GROUP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; AGE; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988585424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0629-7     Document Type: Article

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