The determinants of GP visits in New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 451-457

  Cumming, Jacqueline ^a   Stillman, Steven ^b,c   Liang, Yun ^b,c   Poland, Michelle ^b,c   Hannis, Grant ^d  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b MOTU ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

General practitioner; GP visits; New Zealand; Primary healthcare; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OFFICE VISITS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952116905     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00589.x     Document Type: Article

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