Health care usage among immigrants and native-born elderly populations in eleven European countries: Results from SHARE

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 741-754

  Sole Auro, Aida ^a,b   Guillen, Montserrat ^b   Crimmins, Eileen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Count data; Elderly; Immigration; Physician services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; PHYSICIAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84870510793     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-011-0327-x     Document Type: Article

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