Aging, social capital, and health care utilization in Canada

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-411

  Laporte, Audrey ^a   Nauenberg, Eric ^a   Shen, Leilei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ADULT; AGING; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 52249085440     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133108004568     Document Type: Article

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