Inpatient care of the elderly in Brazil and India: Assessing social inequalities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2394-2402

  Channon, Andrew Amos ^a   Andrade, Monica Viegas ^b   Noronha, Kenya ^b   Leone, Tiziana ^c   Dilip, T R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Brazil; Health system; India; Inequalities; Inpatient

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; SERVICE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGED; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS;

BRAZIL; INDIA;

EID: 84869489235     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.09.015     Document Type: Article

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