Income inequities in end-of-life health care spending in British Columbia, Canada: A cross-sectional analysis, 2004-2006

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Cunningham, Colleen M ^a   Hanley, Gillian E ^a   Morgan, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

COHORT ANALYSIS; DATABASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SEX RATIO; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 79952705403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-12     Document Type: Article

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