Unemployment rate as an updatable health needs indicator for small areas

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-32

  Haynes, Robin ^a   Gale, Susan ^a   Lovett, Andrew ^a   Bentham, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deprivation; health; needs indicator; unemployment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0029983536     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024457     Document Type: Article

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