How can socioeconomic inequalities in hospital admissions be explained? a cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  McCartney, Gerry ^a   Hart, Carole ^b   Watt, Graham ^b  

^a NHS HEALTH SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BRONCHITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 84884554937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002433     Document Type: Article

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