Patients' socioeconomic status and their evaluations of primary care in Hong Kong

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Owolabi, Onikepe ^a   Zhang, Zhenzhen ^b   Wei, Xiaolin ^b   Yang, Nan ^b   Li, Haitao ^b   Wong, Samuel Ys ^b   Wong, Martin Cs ^b   Yip, Winnie ^c   Griffiths, Sian M ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Oxford City Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; PCAT; Primary care; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888088451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-487     Document Type: Article

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