Socioeconomic status and the utilization of diagnostic imaging in an urban setting

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 173, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1173-1177

  Demeter, Sandor ^a,c   Reed, Martin ^a   Lix, Lisa ^b   MacWilliam, Leonard ^b   Leslie, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 27744499277     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.050609     Document Type: Article

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