Ethnicity and utilization of family physicians: A case study of Mainland Chinese immigrants in Toronto, Canada

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1410-1422

  Wang, Lu ^a   Rosenberg, Mark ^b   Lo, Lucia ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Ethnicity; Family physician; Health care; Language; Mainland Chinese immigrants; Toronto; Utilization

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LANGUAGE; METROPOLITAN AREA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHINESE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CHINA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

ASIA; CANADA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 50949090418     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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