Socioeconomic inequalities in the use of outpatient services in Brazil according to health care need: Evidence from the World Health Survey

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Szwarcwald, Célia L ^a   Souza Júnior, Paulo Rb ^a   Damacena, Giseli N ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955539132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-217     Document Type: Article

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