Investigating unmet health needs in primary health care services in a representative sample of the Greek population

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2017-2027

  Pappa, Evelina ^a   Kontodimopoulos, Nick ^a   Papadopoulos, Angelos ^a,b   Tountas, Yannis ^c   Niakas, Dimitris ^a  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Equity; Greece; Health care system; Unmet needs

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNMET HEALTH NEED; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

GREECE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878427433     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10052017     Document Type: Article

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