Effects of financial disadvantage on use and non-use of after hours care in Australia

Health Policy

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-23

  Kelaher, Margaret ^a   Dunt, David ^a   Day, Susan ^a   Feldman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

After hours; Health services; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MODEL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; AUSTRALIA; COST SHARING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33748755636     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.11.017     Document Type: Article

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