On the validity of area-based income measures to proxy household income

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hanley, Gillian E ^a   Morgan, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CUSTODY; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; KAPPA STATISTICS; POLICY; PRESCRIPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; TAX; VALIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGISTER; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

DRUG;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CENSUSES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCOME; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 43149117069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-79     Document Type: Article

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