Horizontal inequity in health care utilization in Japan

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-196

  Ohkusa, Yasushi ^a   Honda, Chika ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yao Public Health Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concentration index; Horizontal inequity; International comparisons; Japan; Needs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; JAPAN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0642274211     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024492224790     Document Type: Article

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