The Victorian ambulatory care sensitive conditions study: Rural and urban perspectives

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-43

  Ansari, Zahid ^a   Barbetti, Toni ^a   Carson, Norman J ^b   Auckland, Michael J ^a   Cicuttini, Flavia ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Prev and Natl Health Priorities   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; Ambulatory care; Avoidable hospitalisations; Primary care; Rural health; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0037279048     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000380300004     Document Type: Article

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