The evolution of health status and chronic conditions in Catalonia, 1994-2006: The paradox of health revisited using the Blinder - Oaxaca decomposition

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  García Altés, Anna ^a,b,c,f   Pinilla, Jaime ^d   Ortún, Vicente ^e,f  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Fundacián Instituto de Investigacián en Servicios de Salud   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blinder Oaxaca decomposition; chronic conditions; health status; prevalence; severity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956219881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-116     Document Type: Article

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