Access to health services by Canadians who are chronically III

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 465-486

  Spenceley, Shannon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to health services; Canadian research review; Chronic disease; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 20044372032     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945904272384     Document Type: Review

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