Swimming upstream: Access, health outcomes, and the social determinants of health

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-100

  Bierman, Arlene S ^a   Dunn, James R ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUNGER; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; HUNGER; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645123127     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.00317.x     Document Type: Editorial

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