Income-related inequalities and inequities in health care services utilisation in 18 selected OECD countries

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-33

  Devaux, Marion ^a  

^a OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Doctor visit; Health care access; Inequality; Inequity; Preventive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DENTAL CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIANS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889976747     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-013-0546-4     Document Type: Article

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