Equity of health service utilization of urban residents: Data from a western Chinese city

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2510-2516

  Mao, Ying ^a   Xu, Fei ^a   Zhang, Ming Jun ^a   Liu, Jin Lin ^a   Yang, Jie ^a   Wang, Mei Juan ^a   Zhang, Si Feng ^a   Zhang, Yue Lin ^b   Yan, Jian Qun ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHAANXI PROVINCIAL PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Concentration index; Difference index; Equity; Health service utilization; Urban resident

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84879729624     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20123001     Document Type: Article

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