Patient cost sharing and physician visits by socioeconomic position: Findings in three Western European countries

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 416-420

  Lostao, Lourdes ^a   Regidor, Enrique ^b   Geyer, Siegfried ^c   Aïach, Pierre ^d  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADULT; AGED; COST SHARING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247546068     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.047126     Document Type: Article

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