Ethnicity, socio-economic position and gender - Do they affect reported health - Care seeking behaviour?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 895-904

  Adamson, Joy ^a   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^a   Chaturvedi, Nish ^b   Donovan, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gender; Health care utilisation; Socio economic position; UK

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AXILLA; CHEST PAIN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038162466     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00458-6     Document Type: Article

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