"Wait till it's serious:" health care costs and urban survival strategies of low income groups in Chirstchurch

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1116, 2000, Pages 350-354

  Barnett, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL FEE; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; POVERTY; RISK;

DRUG COSTS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEES, MEDICAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY AREAS;

EID: 0034714005     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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