Rigor at the expense of relevance equals rigidity: where to next in the study of medical care utilization?

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Psychological distress as a barrier to preventive healthcare among U.S. women.The journal of primary prevention · 2009
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2. A family perspective on population health: the case of child health and the family.WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin · 2009
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Corrections and comments

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  Understanding the context of healthcare utilization: assessing environmental and provider-related variables in the behavioral model of utilization.1998

Authors and funding

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Funding

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Abstract

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