Equity in GP and specialist contacts by older persons in Belgium

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 593-602

  Hoeck, Sarah ^a   Van Der Heyden, Johan ^b   Geerts, Joanna ^a,c   Van Hal, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c Federal Planning Bureau   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Elderly people; General practitioner; Socioeconomic status; Specialist; Two part model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880923550     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-012-0431-4     Document Type: Article

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