Health inequalities across socio-economic groups: Comparing geographic-area-based and individual-based indicators

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1097-1104

  Walker, Agnes E ^a   Becker, N G ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability; Health inequalities; Indices of socio economic status

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIVIDUAL BASED POPULATION MODEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 27944464112     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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