Access to health care of persons with disabilities as an indicator of equity in health systems

Open Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-12

  MacLachlan, Malcolm ^a   Mannan, Hasheem ^a   McAuliffe, Eilish ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; IRELAND; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; IRELAND; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79251583782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19112092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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