Socio-economic status, chronic morbidity and health services utilization by families

Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 382-385

  Gomez Rodriguez E ^a   Moreno Raymundo, P ^a   Hernandez Monsalve M ^a   Gervas J ^a,b  

^a IMSALUD   (Spain)

^b Equipo CESCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic morbidity; Families; General practice; Health services utilization; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN;

EID: 0029765591     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/13.4.382     Document Type: Article

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