Does geographic access to primary healthcare influence the detection of hepatitis C?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1472-1481

  Astell Burt, Thomas ^a   Flowerdew, Robin ^a   Boyle, Paul J ^a   Dillon, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to care; Detection rates; Geographic information systems (GIS); Help seeking; Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Poisson regression; Scotland; Tayside; Travel time; UK

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

DATA SET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRUG USER; GIS; HEALTH CARE; HEPATITIS; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOPOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; SCOTLAND; STATE MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 79955524218     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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