Distance and socioeconomic status as a health service predictor on the periphery in the southern region of Israel

Health Policy

Volumn 100, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 310-316

  Lubetzky, Hasia ^a   Friger, Michael ^b   Warshawsky Livne, Lora ^c   Shvarts, Shifra ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accessibility of health care; Availability of health services; Periphery; Rural health; Socio economical level

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954860761     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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