Inequality of access to health care among the urban elderly in northwestern China

Health Policy

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 111-117

  Luo, Juhua ^a   Zhang, Xiulan ^a   Jin, Chenggang ^a   Wang, Dongmin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Elderly health; Equity; Health care utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70350610347     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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