The role of private medical insurance in socio-economic inequalities in cancer screening uptake in ireland

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1250-1256

  Walsh, Brendan ^a   Silles, Mary ^a   O'Neill, Ciaran ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

cancer; insurance; ireland; private; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRIVATE SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84865864071     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1784     Document Type: Article

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