Geographic variation in health services use in Nova Scotia

Chronic Diseases in Canada

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 116-123

  Veugelers, Paul J ^a   Yip, Alexandra M ^a   Elliott, David C ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Nova Scotia Department of Health Promotion and Protection   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compression of morbidity; Health policy; Health services accessibility; Life expectancy; Medically underserved area; Multilevel analysis; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NOVA SCOTIA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0742284014     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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