Influence of socio-demographic factors on distances travelled to access HIV services: Enhanced surveillance of HIV patients in north west England

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Cook, Penny A ^a   Downing, Jennifer ^a   Wheater, C Philip ^b   Bellis, Mark A ^a   Tocque, Karen ^a   Syed, Qutub ^c   Phillips Howard, Penelope A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; AGE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63849276930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-78     Document Type: Article

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