Differences in healthcare service utilisation in elderly, registered in eight districts of five European countries

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 272-279

  Vadla, Draženka ^a   Božikov, Jadranka ^b   Kovačić, Luka ^b   Åkerström, Bengt ^c   Cheung, Wai Yee ^d   Masanovic, Maria ^e   Merilainen, Satu ^f   Mihel, Sandra ^g   Nummelin Niemi, Hanna ^h   Stefanaki, Ioanna ⁱ   Stencrantz, Bo ^j  

^a Koprivnica Krizevci County   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Dubrovnik Neretva County Institut of Public Health   (Croatia)

^f Elderly care   (Finland)

^g CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^h City of Porvoo   (Finland)

ⁱ Health Centre of Viannos   (Greece)

^j Department of Public Health   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Aged; cross sectional study; Europe; healthcare service utilisation; self rated health

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GREECE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; GREECE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 79955138067     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494811401476     Document Type: Article

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