Factors associated with health care utilization by the elderly in a public health care system

Health Policy

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-139

  Fernandez Olano C ^a,b   Hidalgo, J D López Torres ^a   Cerda Diaz R ^b   Requena Gallego, M ^a   Sanchez Castano C ^a   Urbistondo Cascales, L ^a   Otero Puime, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b Junta de Comunidades de Castilla La Mancha ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health care utilization; Physician utilization; Predicting physician utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SELF REPORT; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPAIN;

AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPAIN;

EID: 28844473904     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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