Annual health assessments for older Australian women: Uptake and equity

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 170-173

  Byles, Julie E ^a   Young, Anne F ^a   Wheway, Virginia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Health assessment; Health care utilisation; Rural

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34247398231     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2007.00036.x     Document Type: Article

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