Vertical and horizontal aspects of socio-economic inequity in general practitioner contacts in Scotland

Health Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 537-549

  Sutton, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practitioner contacts; Socio economic inequity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036742973     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.752     Document Type: Article

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