Non-attendance and effective equity of access at four public specialist outpatient centers in Hong Kong

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2551-2564

  Johnston, Janice M ^a   Leung, Gabriel ^a   Saing, Hnin ^a   Kwok, Kin On ^a   Ho, Lai Ming ^a   Wong, Irene O L ^a   Tin, Keith Y K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Access to care; Hong Kong; Horizontal equity; Non attendance; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; EQUITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HONG KONG; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DATABASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC SECTOR; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL CLASS; WAITING LISTS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 33645066364     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.10.036     Document Type: Article

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