Change in determinants of use of physician services in Finland between 1987 and 1996

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1523-1537

  Häkkinen, Unto ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Determinants of utilisation; Doctor visits; Econometric model; Finland

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ECONOMETRICS; HEALTH SERVICES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; FINLAND; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIANS;

FINLAND;

EID: 0036844333     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00285-4     Document Type: Article

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