Equity of access to health care for older adults in four major Latin American cities

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 394-409

  Wallace, Steven P ^a,b   Gutiérrez, Verónica F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Health policy; Health services accessibility; Health services for the aged; Latin America; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; EQUITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; SERVICE PROVISION; URBAN POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEXICO; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; URUGUAY;

LATIN AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21644472870     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892005000500012     Document Type: Article

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