Inequality in the face of death? Public expenditure on health care for different socioeconomic groups in the last year of life

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 90-94

  Hanratty, Barbara ^a   Burström, Bo ^b   Walander, Anders ^b   Whitehead, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34248326899     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135581907780279585     Document Type: Article

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