Does continuity of care matter in a universally insured population?

Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 389-400

  Menec, Verena H ^a   Sirski, Monica ^a   Attawar, Dhiwya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Continuity of care; Emergency department use; Preventive health care; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY AREAS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 16344374746     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.0p364.x     Document Type: Article

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