Gender differences in the utilization of health-care services among the older adult population of Spain

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Redondo Sendino, Áurea ^a   Guallar Castillón, Pilar ^a   Banegas, José Ramón ^a   Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELDERLY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY SIZE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOME VISIT; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 33746768887     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-155     Document Type: Article

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