Use of the nottingham health profile to test the validity of census variables to proxy the need for health care

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-320

  Plant, Paul ^a   McEwen, James ^b   Prescott, Keith ^c  

^a South East Institute of Public Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Lambeth College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jarman UPA score; Nottingham Health Profile; perceived health; Townsend indicator; weighted capitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENSUSES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0029784630     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024512     Document Type: Article

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