Measuring and decomposing inequity in self-reported morbidity and self-assessed health in Thailand

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Yiengprugsawan, Vasoontara ^a   Lim, Lynette L Y ^a   Carmichael, Gordon A ^a   Sidorenko, Alexandra ^b   Sleigh, Adrian C ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; THAILAND;

EID: 39049114570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-6-23     Document Type: Article

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