The influence of gender and other patient characteristics on health care-seeking behaviour: a QUALICOPC study

BMC Family Practice - Tập 17 Số 1 - 2016
Ashley E. Thompson1, Yvonne Anisimowicz1, Baukje Miedema1, William Hogg2, Walter P. Wodchis3, Kris Aubrey‐Bassler4
1Dalhousie University Family Medicine Teaching Unit, Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital, 700 Priestman Street, PO Box 9000, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5N5, Canada
2University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
3University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
4Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada

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