What Contributes to the Activeness of Ethnic Minority Patients with Chronic Illnesses Seeking Allied Health Services? A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Western China.

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Published in Int J Environ Res Public Health on September 15, 2015

Authors

Shangfeng Tang1, Dong Dong2, Lu Ji3, Hang Fu4, Zhanchun Feng5, Ghose Bishwajit6, Zhifei He7, Hui Ming8, Qian Fu9, Yue Xian10

Author Affiliations

1: School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China. Shangfenghust@sina.com.
2: David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China. dongdong@hkbu.edu.hk.
3: Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong 510060, China. jlhust1990@sina.com.
4: School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China. tongjifh@163.com.
5: School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China. zcf@hust.edu.cn.
6: School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China. Brammaputram@gmail.com.
7: School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China. houis123@163.com.
8: School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China. minghuitj@sina.com.
9: School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China. sofureqian@hotmail.com.
10: School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China. xianyue911109@163.com.

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