Differences in older adults' use of primary and specialist care services in two Nordic countries

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 375-380

  Suominen Taipale, Anna Liisa ^a,b   Koskinen, Seppo ^b   Martelin, Tuija ^b   Holmen, Jostein ^a   Johnsen, Roar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cross sectional survey; Elderly; Health care utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NORWAY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 13244284546     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/14.4.375     Document Type: Review

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