Clinical contributions to addressing the social determinants of health

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-133

  Patel, Kiran C R ^a,b,c,d   Spilsbury, Peter ^e   Shukla, Rashmi ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS West Midlands Strategic Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^c South Asian Health Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^d National Heart Forum   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS West Midlands   (United Kingdom)

^f Department of Health West Midlands ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOLOGIST;

EID: 77950566532     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.10-2-130     Document Type: Short Survey

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