Geographical variations in hospital use in Estonia

Health and Place

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-202

  Rooväli, Liis ^a   Kiivet, Raul Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Access; Estonia; Hospital utilisation; The length of stay; Travel time

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL SECTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ESTONIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 28844506806     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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