Estimation of the real population and its impact on the utilisation of healthcare services in Mediterranean resort regions: An ecological study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Perea Milla, Emilio ^a   Pons, Sergi Mari ^b   Rivas Ruiz, Francisco ^a   Gallofre, Anna ^b   Jurado, Enrique Navarro ^c   Ales, Marco A Navarro ^b   Jimenez Puente, Alberto ^a   Fernandez Nieto, Fidel ^b   Cerda, Joan C March ^d   Carrasco, Manuel ^a   Martin, Lydia ^a   Cano, Damian Lopez ^c   Gutierrez, Gonzalo E ^c   Macías, Rafael Cortes ^c   Garcia Ruiz, Jose A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL COSTA DEL SOL   (Spain)

^b l'Observatori Socioambiental de Menoría ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^d ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EMERGENCY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POPULATION SIZE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOURISM; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCANDINAVIA; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ECOLOGY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH RESORTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; TRAVEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33846983242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-13     Document Type: Article

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