Seasonality of primary care utilization for respiratory diseases in Ontario: A time-series analysis

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Moineddin, Rahim ^a,b,c   Nie, Jason X ^b,c   Domb, Gabrielle ^c   Leong, Alan M ^c   Upshur, Ross E G ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONTARIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME;

EID: 49649100925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-160     Document Type: Article

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