Demand for emergency health service: Factors associated with inappropriate use

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Carret, Maria L V ^a,b,c   Fassa, Anaclaudia G ^b,c   Kawachi, Ichiro ^d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b Federal University of Pelotas ^*  (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 35348934255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-131     Document Type: Article

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