Waiting times and socioeconomic status: Evidence from England

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1331-1341

  Laudicella, Mauro ^a   Siciliani, Luigi ^b,c   Cookson, Richard ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; Healthcare inequalities; I11; I18; Socioeconomic status; UK; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; INCOME; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WAITING TIME;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; STATE MEDICINE; WAITING LISTS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859435510     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.12.049     Document Type: Article

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