An evaluation of gender equity in different models of primary care practices in Ontario

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Dahrouge, Simone ^a   Hogg, William ^a,b,c   Tuna, Meltem ^a   Russell, Grant ^a,b,c   Devlin, Rose Anne ^c   Tugwell, Peter ^c   Kristjansson, Elisabeth ^c  

^a BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ONTARIO; PREJUDICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77951250758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-151     Document Type: Article

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