Health care needs, utilization and barriers in Croatia - Regional and urban-rural differences

Collegium Antropologicum

Volumn 33, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 121-130

  Pristaš, Ivan ^a   Bilić, Marinko ^b   Pristaš, Irina ^c   Vončina, Luka ^d   Krčmar, Nevenka ^e   Polašek, Ozren ^d   Stevanović, Ranko ^a  

^a CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b Sibenik General Hospital   (Croatia)

^c Croatia   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^e Private General Practice Physician ^*  (Croatia)

Author keywords

Barriers to health care; Economic status; Health care needs; Health services utilization; Inequity; Regional differences; Urban rural differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROATIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROATIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 68049143037     PISSN: 03506134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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