Do ethnic groups use health services like the majority of the population? A study from Quebec, Canada

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1237-1245

  Blais, Régis ^a   Maïga, Aboubacrine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Health care utilization; Quebec

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; SERVICE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH VISITOR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POPULATION RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUEBEC;

CANADA;

EID: 0345355161     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00423-7     Document Type: Article

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