Need, Enabling, Predisposing, and Behavioral Determinants of Access to Preventative Care in Argentina: Analysis of the National Survey of Risk Factors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Jahangir, Eiman ^a,b   Irazola, Vilma ^a   Rubinstein, Adolfo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARGENTINA; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84866333931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045053     Document Type: Article

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