The effect of socioeconomic status on bone density testing in a public health-care system

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-158

  Demeter, S ^a,c   Leslie, W D ^a   Lix, L ^b   MacWilliam, L ^b   Finlayson, G S ^b   Reed, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone density; Community medicine; Diagnostic imaging; Epidemiology; Osteoporosis; Social class; Sociology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BONE DENSITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33846180628     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-006-0212-0     Document Type: Article

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