The use of end-quintile comparisons to identify under-servicing of the poor and over-servicing of the rich: A longitudinal study describing the effect of socioeconomic status on healthcare

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Brameld, Kate J ^a   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 25644461063     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-61     Document Type: Article

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