Health care resource allocation and individuals' health care needs: Examining the degree of fit

Health Policy

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-193

  Litaker, David ^a   Love, Thomas Ezra ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care access; Health care planning; Multi level modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO;

EID: 20644453111     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.11.010     Document Type: Article

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