The effects of socioeconomic status, accessibility to services and patient type on hospital use in Western Australia: A retrospective cohort study of patients with homogenous health status

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Moorin, Rachael E ^a   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CANCER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; INSURANCE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HOSPITALIZATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33748081787     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-74     Document Type: Article

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