Material and social deprivation and health and social services utilisation in Québec: A local-scale evaluation system

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1651-1664

  Philibert, M D ^a   Pampalon, R ^a,b   Hamel, D ^a   Thouez, J P ^b   Loiselle, C G ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Local scale; Primary care; Qu bec; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMMUNITY CARE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; NATIONAL STRATEGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUEBEC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 33947217802     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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