Socio-economic and locational determinants of accessibility and utilization of primary health-care

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 294-308

  Field, Ken S ^a   Briggs, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Need; Patient survey; Primary health care; Provision; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENGLAND; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0035464164     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0966-0410.2001.00303.x     Document Type: Article

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