Measuring and explaining health and health care inequalities in Jamaica, 2004 and 2007

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-121

  Scott, Ewan ^a   Theodore, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Equity in access; Equity in health; Health economics; Health policy; Health systems; Jamaica

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EQUITY; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

JAMAICA;

EID: 84876375874     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892013000200006     Document Type: Article

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