Effects of self-care behaviors on medical utilization of the elderly with chronic diseases - A representative sample study

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Chronic Disease 65%
• Databases 5%
• Demography 6%
• Disease Management 9%
• Elderly 60%
• Emergencies 7%
• Exercise 12%
• Facilities and Services Utilization 23%
• Health Behavior 10%
• Health Services 8%
• Health Status 17%
• Hospital Emergency Service 15%
• Hospitalization 21%
• Life Style 8%
• Literacy 11%
• Logistic Models 6%
• National Health Programs 10%
• Self Care 96%
• Self Concept 28%

Social Sciences

• chronic condition 12%
• Chronic Diseases 100%
• confidence 22%
• demographic factors 10%
• emergency room 13%
• emergency services 25%
• health behavior 10%
• health insurance 10%
• health service 7%
• health status 19%
• hospital admission 42%
• hospitalization 32%
• interaction 4%
• literacy 6%
• logistics 7%
• management 4%
• medical services 11%
• regression 6%
• utilization 71%