Socioeconomic context, distance to primary care and detection of hepatitis C: A French population-based study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1046-1056

  Monnet, Elisabeth ^a   Ramée, Cécile ^a   Minello, Anne ^b   Jooste, Valérie ^b   Carel, Didier ^c   Di Martino, Vincent ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c Union of Medical Insurance Centers Franche Comté Region   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

Author keywords

France; General practitioner (GP); Health care access; Multilevel modelling; Rural; Socioeconomic context; Urban; Viral hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEPATITIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MODELING; POPULATION TYPE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BOURGOGNE; COTE D'OR; DOUBS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; FRANCHE COMTE; WESTERN EUROPE;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 38749148117     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.044     Document Type: Article

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