Individual determinants of primary healthcare utilisation in Gaza Strip, Palestine

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 701-707

  Abu Mourad, T ^a,b   Alegakis, A ^a   Shashaa, S ^c   Koutis, A ^a   Lionis, C ^a   Philalithis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Ministry of Health Palestine   (Palestine)

^c AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; MODELING; PLANNING METHOD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PALESTINE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX; SMOKING; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARABS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; GAZA STRIP; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; PALESTINE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 47949085393     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.065243     Document Type: Article

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