Modelling changes in the determinants of PHI utilisation in Western Australia across five health care policy eras between 1981 and 2001

Health Policy

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 183-194

  Moorin, Rachael Elizabeth ^a   Holman, Cashel D'Arcy James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Data linkage; Health insurance; Health policy

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEWBORN; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRIVATE SECTOR; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33947248974     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2006.05.020     Document Type: Article

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