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- Title
The association between illness representation profiles and use of unscheduled urgent and emergency health care services.
- Authors
Lowe, Rob; Porter, Alison; Snooks, Helen; Button, Lori; Evans, Bridie Angela
- Abstract
Provision of unscheduled health care (e.g., emergency department, family doctor consultations, pharmacist) is aided by matching patients with the 'right service, first time'. However, service choice is usually made by patients and carers rather than service providers. The self-regulation model (SRM) posits that people cope in ways consistent with their illness understanding. The SRM was used to examine differences in people's use of primary, secondary, and community health care services according to their illness representation, whilst also examining associations with chronic illness. Research historically treats illness representations at the level of independent components; this research focused on components as sets (profiles).
- Publication
British journal of health psychology, 2011, Vol 16, Issue 4, p862
- ISSN
2044-8287
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.2044-8287.2011.02023.x