The role country of birth plays in receiving disability pensions in relation to patterns of health care utilisation and socioeconomic differences: A multilevel analysis of Malmo, Sweden

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Beckman, Anders ^a   Hakansson, Anders ^a   Rastam, Lennart ^a   Lithman, Thor ^b   Merlo, Juan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Scania County Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PENSION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33645568327     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-71     Document Type: Article

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