Deprivation, demography, and the distribution of general practice: Challenging the conventional wisdom of inverse care

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 555, 2008, Pages

  Asthana, Sheena ^a   Gibson, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 55049119679     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp08X342372     Document Type: Article

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