Comparing knowledge and use of health services of migrants from rural and urban areas in Kunming city, China

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 743-756

  Wei, Xiaolin ^a,b   Pearson, Stephen ^a   Zhang, Zhanxin ^c   Qin, Jiangmei ^d   Gerein, Nancy ^a   Walley, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79451472206     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932010000313     Document Type: Article

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