Delayed access to health care and mortality

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 644-662

  Prentice, Julia C ^a   Pizer, Steven D ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed access to care; Mortality; Wait times

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; REFERENCE DATABASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VETERAN;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33947168321     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00626.x     Document Type: Article

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