Emergency room utilization in Copenhagen: A comparison of immigrant groups and Danish-born residents

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-59

  Norredam, Marie ^a   Krasnik, Allan ^a   Michaelsen, Jette Joost ^a   Nielsen, Anette Sonne ^a   Sorensen, Tine Moller ^a   Keiding, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; emergency room; equity; ethnic minorities; healthcare utilization; immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOMALIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); YUGOSLAVIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DENMARK; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 3843114706     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940310001659     Document Type: Article

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