Equity in health services use and intensity of use in Canada

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Asada, Yukiko ^a   Kephart, George ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 33947372928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-41     Document Type: Article

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