British adults with chronic health conditions or impairments face significant barriers to accessing health services

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 920-927

  Allerton, L ^a   Emerson, E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Disability; Discrimination; Equality; Health inequalities; Impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84870324702     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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