Utilization of primary health care services by Turkish Gypsies and members of the general population at Muradiye health unit district in Edirne, Turkey

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 414-423

  Ekuklu, Galip ^a   Berberoglu, Ufuk ^a   Eskiocak, Muzaffer ^a   Saltik, Ahmet ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gypsies; Health care utilization; Health inequalities; Medicaid by green card; Primary health care unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GIPSY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NATIVE SPECIES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SECURITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0037899087     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2003.44.3.414     Document Type: Article

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