THE ‘INVERSE CARE LAW’, POPULATION AGEING AND THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM: A DISTRIBUTIONAL ANALYSIS

Economic Papers

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Thurecht, Linc ^a   Walker, Agnes ^a   Harding, Ann ^a   Pearse, Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b Health Policy Analysis Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Health; Hospitals; Inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750326841     PISSN: 08120439     EISSN: 17593441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2005.tb00991.x     Document Type: Article

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