Income-, education- and gender-related inequalities in out-of-pocket health-care payments for 65+ patients - A systematic review

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Corrieri, Sandro ^a,b   Heider, Dirk ^a   Matschinger, Herbert ^a   Lehnert, Thomas ^b   Raum, Elke ^c   König, Hans Helmut ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

DRUG; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ELDERLY CARE; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; OECD;

AGED; ARTICLE; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MEDLINE; OUT OF POCKET PAYMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 77955366035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-9-20     Document Type: Article

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