Hospital admissions by socio-economic status does the 'inverse care law' apply to older australians?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 467-473

  Walker, Agnes ^a   Pearce, Jim ^b   Thurecht, Linc ^c   Harding, Ann ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ADMISSION; SEX FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 33750322315     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00466.x     Document Type: Article

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