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M H Banks, S A Beresford, D C Morrell, J J Waller, C J Watkins.
Abstract
This paper reports on a study designed to relate certain social and psychological variables to demand for medical care in a random sample of female patients aged between 20 and 44 years, in a National Health Service General Practice in the United Kingdom. Women selected for study completed questionnaires on anxiety and on their social characteristics. They also completed a health diary for four weeks, and over 12 months their demand for general practitioner care was recorded. This paper summarizes some of the literature on the subject of utilization behaviour, describes the objectives and methodology, and gives some preliminary results suggesting associations between anxiety, perception of symptoms and demand for primary care.Entities:
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Year: 1975 PMID： 1184268 DOI： 10.1093/ije/4.3.189
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Epidemiol ISSN： 0300-5771 Impact factor: 7.196