The Combined Influence of Distance and Neighbourhood Deprivation on Emergency Department Attendance in a Large English Population: A Retrospective Database Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Rudge, Gavin M ^a   Mohammed, Mohammed A ^b   Fillingham, Sally C ^a   Girling, Alan ^a   Sidhu, Khesh ^c   Stevens, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Welsh Health Specialised Services Team   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CHILD; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880489893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067943     Document Type: Article

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