The role of personality in health care use: Results of a population-based longitudinal study in Germany.

The role of personality in health care use: Results of a population-based longitudinal study in Germany.

OBJECTIVE:To determine the role of personality in health care use longitudinally. METHODS:Data were derived from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), a nationally representative, longitudinal cohort study of German households starting in 1984. Concentrating on the role of personality, we used da...

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Main Authors:	André Hajek, Jens-Oliver Bock, Hans-Helmut König
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5528826?pdf=render

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