Use of community versus individual socioeconomic data in predicting variation in hospital use

Health Services Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2 I, 1998, Pages 243-259

  Hofer, Timothy P ^a   Wolfe, Robert A ^a   Tedeschi, Philip J ^a   McMahon, Laurence F ^a   Griffith, John R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Health services misuse; Hospitalization; Small area analysis; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0031777224     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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