General health care service utilisation: Where, when and by whom in a socioeconomically disadvantaged population

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-140

  Achat, Helen M ^a   Thomas, Paul ^b   Close, Glenn R ^a   Moerkerken, Leendert R ^a   Harris, Mark F ^c  

^a SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b Aboriginal Medical Service Western Sydney   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

general practitioner; primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; POVERTY AREAS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954021963     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY09066     Document Type: Article

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