Hospital utilization in Ontario and the United States: The impact of socioeconomic status and health status

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 253-256

  Katz, Steven J ^a   Hofer, Timothy P ^a   Manning, Willard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029795018     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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