Possession of health insurance in Australia - How does it affect hospital use and outcomes?

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 94-100

  Brameld, Kate ^a   Holman, D'Arcy ^a   Moorin, Rachael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONSUMER; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRIVATE SECTOR; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33645821080     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135581906776318901     Document Type: Article

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