Assessment of health care needs and utilization in a mixed public-private system: The case of the Athens area

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Pappa, Evelina ^a   Niakas, Dimitris ^a  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33750897358     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-146     Document Type: Review

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