A population-based study of the association between socioeconomic status and emergency department utilization in Ontario, Canada

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 836-843

  Khan, Yasmin ^a,b   Glazier, Richard H ^a,b,c,d,e   Moineddin, Rahim ^a,b,c,d   Schull, Michael J ^a,d,f  

^a Division of Genomic Medicine   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRIAGE; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051988753     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01127.x     Document Type: Review

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