Class matters: U.S. versus U.K. measures of occupational disparities in access to health services and health status in the 2000 U.S. National Health Interview Survey

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-236

  Krieger, Nancy ^a   Barbeau, Elizabeth M ^b   Soobader, Mah Jabeen ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS;

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; OCCUPATION; POVERTY; RACE; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18944383471     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/JKRE-AH92-EDV8-VHYC     Document Type: Review

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