Confidence in receiving medical care when seriously ill: A seven-country comparison of the impact of cost barriers

Health Expectations

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 212-224

  Wendt, Claus ^a   Mischke, Monika ^b   Pfeifer, Michaela ^b   Reibling, Nadine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparison; Confidence; Cost barriers; Europe; Health care systems; United States

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861451362     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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