Meeting health need, accessing health care: The role of neighbourhood

Health and Place

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 367-377

  Law, Michael ^a   Wilson, Kathi ^b   Eyles, John ^a,c   Elliott, Susan ^a,c   Jerrett, Michael ^a,c   Moffat, Tina ^a,c   Luginaah, Isaac ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Health care; Neighbourhood; Place, Hamilton Canada; Utilization

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANADA; HAMILTON [ONTARIO]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18844433015     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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