Measuring change in health care equity using small-area administrative data - Evidence from the English NHS 2001-2008

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1514-1522

  Cookson, Richard ^a   Laudicella, Mauro ^b   Donni, Paolo Li ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

England; Equity in health care; Health care disparities; Health services accessibility; Health services needs and demand; Small area analysis; Socio economic factors; UK

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84864616866     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.05.033     Document Type: Article

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