Ecologic proxies for household income: How well do they work for the analysis of health and health care utilization?

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 90-94

  Finkelstein, Murray M ^a,b,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 2342569761     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405773     Document Type: Article

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