Effects of geodemographic profiles on healthcare service utilization: A case study on cardiac care in Ontario, Canada

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tao, Li ^a   Liu, Jiming ^a   Xiao, Bo ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; ONTARIO; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; POPULATION SIZE; STATISTICS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; AGED; CANADA; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84879471703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-239     Document Type: Article

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