Ability to pay and equity in access to Italian and British National Health Services

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 500-503

  Domenighetti, Gianfranco ^a   Vineis, Paolo ^b   De Pietro, Carlo ^c   Tomada, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

ability to pay; British National Health Service; equity; Italian National Health Service; out of pocket

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; FINANCING, PERSONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77957354623     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq001     Document Type: Article

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