Measuring socioeconomic differences in use of health care services by wealth versus by income

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1849-1855

  Allin, Sara ^c   Masseria, Cristina ^a   Mossialos, Elias ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICIES   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PENSIONS; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70349091350     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.141499     Document Type: Article

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