Interrelations between three proxies of health care need at the small area level: An urban/rural comparison

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 754-761

  Barnett, S ^a   Roderick, P ^a   Martin, D ^a   Diamond, I ^a   Wrigley, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY AREAS; RURAL HEALTH; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN HEALTH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036786932     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.56.10.754     Document Type: Article

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