Practice postcode versus patient population: A comparison of data sources in England and Scotland

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  McLean, Gary ^a   Guthrie, Bruce ^b   Watt, Graham ^a   Gabbay, Mark ^c   O'Donnell, Catherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH CARE; MORBIDITY; POLICY MAKING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; POSTAL MAIL; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTAL SERVICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 48549105753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-37     Document Type: Article

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