Income and health inequality across Canadian provinces

Health and Place

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 629-638

  Safaei, Jalil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian provinces; Chronic condition; Health inequality; Health utility index; Income; Self assessed health

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DATA SET; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947688182     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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