Health care renunciation for economic reasons in Switzerland

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 141, Issue FEBRUARY, 2011, Pages

  Wolff, Hans ^a   Gaspoz, Jean Michel ^a   Guessous, Idris ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health care; Health insurance; Renunciation; Socioeconomic status; Underuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DEVICE THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGERY; SWITZERLAND; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79955877896     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13165     Document Type: Article

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