Utilisation rates in capitated primary care centres serving low income populations

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1120, 2000, Pages 436-438

  Crampton, Peter ^a   Dowell, Anthony ^a   Woodward, Alistair ^a   Salmond, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPITATION FEE; CHILD; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAPITATION FEE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY AREAS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0034721750     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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