Individual and contextual determinants of inequalities in health: The Italian case

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 635-667

  Costa, Giuseppe ^a   Marinacci, Chiara ^b   Caiazzo, Antonio ^b   Spadea, Teresa ^b  

^a Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; REGIONAL PATTERN; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLITICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRADE UNION; WELFARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POLITICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1642535351     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AM8R-K0DY-F7PM-3RNP     Document Type: Review

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