User charges and the demand for acute paediatric traumatology services

Public Health

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 327-329

  Ahlamaa Tuompo, J ^a,d   Linna, M ^b   Kekomaki M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ambulatory visits; Children; Injuries; User charges

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CITY; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRICS; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031758617     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(98)00264-9     Document Type: Article

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