Do place of residence and ethnicity affect health services utilization? Evidence from Greece

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lahana, Eleni ^a,b   Pappa, Evelina ^a   Niakas, Dimitris ^a  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; LOGISTICS; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL AREA; SELF CONCEPT; URBAN AREA;

GREECE;

EID: 79955098501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-16     Document Type: Article

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