A widening health gap in general practice? Socio-economic differences in morbidity between 1975 and 2000 in The Netherlands

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 616-625

  Mol, G D ^a   van de Lisdonk, E H ^b   Smits, J P J M ^c   van den Hoogen, J M P ^b   Bor, J H J ^b   Westert, Gert P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General practice; Health inequalities; Morbidity; Netherlands; Socio economic status; Trends

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; MORBIDITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EAR DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBESITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREGNANCY; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 19744369219     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2004.08.023     Document Type: Article

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