Distance to hospital and socioeconomic status influence secondary health care use

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 83-88

  Zielinski, Andrzej ^a   Borgquist, Lars ^b   Halling, Anders ^c,d  

^a Blekinge Centre of Competence   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case mix; Comorbidity; General practice; Geographical distance; Health care utilization; Socioeconomic status; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877661001     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2012.759712     Document Type: Article

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