Determinants of health service use and expenditure among the elderly Finnish population

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 174-180

  Noro, Anja M ^a   Häkkinen, Unto T ^a   Laitinen, Olli J ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Expenditure; Use of health services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0345411453     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/9.3.174     Document Type: Article

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