Unmet need and met unneed in health care utilisation in Iran

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 400-422

  Hajizadeh, Mohammad ^a   Connelly, Luke B ^b   Butler, James R G ^c   Khosravi, Aredshir ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Health care; Inequities; Iran; Met unneed; Personal needs; Unmet need

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY;

IRAN;

EID: 84861321506     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068291211224919     Document Type: Article

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