Unemployment and health care utilization

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-177

  Kraut, Allen ^a   Mustard, Cam ^a,b,c,d,e   Walld, Randy ^a   Tate, Robert ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d HEALNet Netwk Centre for Excellence   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Employment; Hospitalization; Mental health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIAL POLICY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

CANADA; MANITOBA;

EID: 0034054056     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.527     Document Type: Article

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