Association of income with symptoms, morbidities and healthcare usage among Japanese adults

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 299-306

  Fukuda, Yoshiharu ^a   Hiyoshi, Ayako ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health inequality; Healthcare usage; Income; Morbidity; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EAR DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPANESE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NOSE DISEASE; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RIGIDITY; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOOTH DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865114761     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-011-0254-6     Document Type: Article

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