Ethnicity, socioeconomic deprivation and consultation rates in New Zealand general practice

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 141-149

  McLeod, Deborah ^a   Cormack, Donna ^a   Love, Tom ^a   Salmond, Clare ^a   Robson, Bridget ^a   Dowell, Tony ^a   Crampton, Peter ^a   Ramage, Stella ^a   Howard, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Wellington Independent Practitioners Association   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE CONSULTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33746429937     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135581906777641721     Document Type: Article

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