Cross-cultural comparisons of health status in Canada using the Health Utilities Index

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-50

  Kopec, Jacek A ^a,b,e   Williams, J Ivan ^a,b   To, Teresa ^a,c,d   Austin, Peter C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Health status; Surveys

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

CANADA;

EID: 0343026668     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850125061     Document Type: Article

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