Social determinants of emergency utilization associated with patterns of care

Health Policy

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 137-142

  Chi, Mei Ju ^a   Wu, Shwu Chong ^b   Chan, Ding Cheng ^c   Lee, Chien Chang ^c  

^a CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emergency room utilization; Patterns of care; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DISABLED PERSON; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN;

EID: 70350578916     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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