Inequities in access to and utilisation of primary medical care services for Maori and low income New Zealanders

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 1030, 1996, Pages 356-358

  Malcolm, Laurence ^a  

^a Health Care Aotearoa   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

FEES, MEDICAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030603895     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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