The nature and correlates of unmet health care needs in Ontario, Canada

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2291-2300

  Nelson, Connie Holmes ^a   Park, Jungwee ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HEALTH STATISTICS DIVISION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Accessibility; Availability; Canada; Mental health care; Social support; Unmet needs

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33644891316     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.10.014     Document Type: Article

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