Why does it run in families? Explaining family similarity in help-seeking behaviour by shared circumstances, socialisation and selection
Why do contact frequencies with general practice of family members resemble each other? Many aspects related to the clustering of health-care utilisation within families have been studied, but the underlying mechanisms have not been addressed. This article considers whether family similarity in contact frequency with general practice can be explained as (a) a result of shared circumstances, (b) through socialisation, and (c) through homogeneity of background characteristics. Data from the second Dutch national survey of general practice were used to test these mechanisms empirically. This surv... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2006 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Groenewegen , P P , Cardola , M , Spreeuwenberga , P , Dijk , L V , Van Den Bosch , W J H M & De Bakker , D H 2006 , ' Why does it run in families? Explaining family similarity in help-seeking behaviour by shared circumstances, socialisation and selection ' , Social Science & Medicine , vol. 63 , no. 4 , pp. 920 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.01.025 |
Schlagwörter: | The Netherlands / Socialisation / Consultation rates / Help-seeking behaviour / General practice |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27600905 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/11370/6b1cd5ce-928f-4a12-900d-6694fd2b113c |