Correlations of siblings' and mothers' utilisation of primary and hospital health care: A record linkage study in Western Australia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1341-1348

  Ward, Alison M ^a   De Klerk, Nick ^b   Pritchard, Douglas ^c   Firth, Martin ^b   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; General practice; Health care utilization; Hospitals; Intergenerational morbidity; Record linkage; Siblings and mothers

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL CARE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICARE; MOTHERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIBLINGS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 32044471089     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.08.027     Document Type: Article

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