Assessing inequalities in preventive care use in Europe

Health Policy

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 247-257

  Carrieri, Vincenzo ^a,d   Wuebker, Ansgar ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Erreygers index; Income related inequalities; Preventive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE INEQUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION;

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOLESTEROL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84888019147     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.09.014     Document Type: Article

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