Social capital and its relationship with measures of health status: Evidence from the health survey for England 2003

Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-143

  Petrou, Stavros ^a   Kupek, Emil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Preferences; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 38949162592     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1242     Document Type: Article

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