Sociodemographic and socioeconomic determinants of health services utilization in Greece: The Hellas Health I study

Health Services Management Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-18

  Tountas, Yannis ^a   Oikonomou, Nikolaos ^a,b   Pallikarona, Georgia ^a   Dimitrakaki, Christine ^a   Tzavara, Chara ^a   Souliotis, Kyriakos ^a   Mariolis, Anargiros ^b   Pappa, Evelina ^c   Kontodimopoulos, Nick ^c   Niakas, Dimitris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Health Centre of Vyronas   (Greece)

^c HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79851487293     PISSN: 09514848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/hsmr.2010.010009     Document Type: Article

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