Equity of access to primary care among older adults in Incheon, South Korea

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 953-960

  Park, Ju Moon ^a  

^a University of Incheon   (South Korea)

Author keywords

equity of access; older adults; primary care; social network; universal health insurance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84871648371     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539511409392     Document Type: Article

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