Social capital and administrative contextual determinants of lack of access to a regular doctor: A multilevel analysis in southern Sweden

Health Policy

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 153-164

  Lindström, Martin ^a   Axén, Elin ^a   Lindström, Christine ^a   Beckman, Anders ^b   Moghaddassi, Mahnaz ^a   Merlo, Juan ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Access; Health care district; Multilevel; Neo materialism; Regular doctor; Social capital; Social participation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATE MEDICINE; SWEDEN;

EID: 33749521612     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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