Socioeconomic differences in mortality amenable to health care among Finnish adults 1992-2003: 12 year follow up using individual level linked population register data

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  McCallum, Alison K ^a   Manderbacka, Kristiina ^b   Arffman, Martti ^b   Leyland, Alastair H ^c   Keskimäki, Ilmo ^b,d  

^a NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Avoidable deaths; Equity in health care; Finland; Record linkage; Registers; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84871718842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-3     Document Type: Article

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