Ecological analysis of health care utilisation for China's rural population: Association with a rural county's socioeconomic characteristics

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chau, Kam Ling ^a  

^a London Health Observatory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958528558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-664     Document Type: Article

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