Under-reporting of inpatient services utilisation in household surveys - A population-based study in Hong Kong

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Tsui, Eva L H ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^b   Woo, Pauline P S ^b   Choi, Sarah ^c   Lo, Su Vui ^c  

^a HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RECALL; REGISTER; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 19444363800     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-31     Document Type: Review

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