Social and medical vulnerability factors of emergency department frequent users in a universal health insurance system

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-68

  Bieler, Gilles ^a   Paroz, Sophie ^c   Faouzi, Mohamed ^b   Trueb, Lionel ^c   Vaucher, Paul ^a   Althaus, Fabrice ^a   Daeppen, Jean Bernard ^c   Bodenmann, Patrick ^a  

^a Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SWITZERLAND; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84855987049     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01246.x     Document Type: Article

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