Utilisation of private care by public primary care clinic attenders with diabetes: Relationship to health status and social factors

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1045-1056

  Gulliford, Martin C ^a   Mahabir, Deepak ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Health Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Demand for health care; Diabetes mellitus; Equity; Health status; Private sector; Public sector; Socio economic status; Trinidad and Tobago

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0034898324     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00399-3     Document Type: Article

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