High prevalence of forgoing healthcare for economic reasons in Switzerland: A population-based study in a region with universal health insurance coverage

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 521-527

  Guessous, I ^a,b,c   Gaspoz, J M ^a   Theler, J M ^a   Wolff, H ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Forgoing care; Inequalities; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIVORCE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84868301372     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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