Women's Health Issues
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 240-248 , November 2005

The association between women’s health information use and health care visits

  • Wanda Nicholson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Women’s and Children’s Health Policy Center, Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Wanda Nicholson, MD, MPH, MBA, Assistant Professor, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 600 North Wolfe Street, Phipps 249, Baltimore, MD 21287; Voicemail: (443) 287-6942; Fax: (410) 955-2303.
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  • Bridget Gardner, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Women’s and Children’s Health Policy Center, Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Holly A. Grason, MS

      Affiliations

    • Women’s and Children’s Health Policy Center, Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
    • The Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Received 15 April 2004 ,Revised 6 March 2005 ,Accepted 2 May 2005.

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PII: S1049-3867(05)00053-8

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2005.05.004

Women's Health Issues
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 240-248 , November 2005

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