Geographical variation of unmet medical needs in Italy: A multivariate logistic regression analysis

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Cavalieri, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Barriers to health care; Decentralization; Italy; Unmet health care needs

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ITALY;

DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84877252870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-12-27     Document Type: Article

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