Volunteering is prospectively associated with health care use among older adults

Eric S. Kim and Sara H. Konrath

Social Science & Medicine, 2016, vol. 149, issue C, 122-129

Abstract: Although observational and experimental studies have shown that volunteering is linked with better mental health, physical health, and health behaviors, no studies have examined whether volunteering is associated with patterns of health care use.

Keywords: Volunteering; Volunteer; Health care use; Physician visits; Preventive health screening; Psychological; Aging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.043

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