Assessing socioeconomic health care utilization inequity in Israel: Impact of alternative approaches to morbidity adjustment

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Shadmi, Efrat ^a,b   Balicer, Ran D ^b,c   Kinder, Karen ^d   Abrams, Chad ^d   Weiner, Jonathan P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; SOCIAL CLASS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960852619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-609     Document Type: Article

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