Impact of deprivation on occurrence, outcomes and health care costs of people with multiple morbidity

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 215-223

  Charlton, Judith ^a   Rudisill, Caroline ^b   Bhattarai, Nawaraj ^a   Gulliford, Martin ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Coronary heart disease; Depression; Deprivation; Diabetes; Equity; Health care costs; Health care utilization; Primary care; Socioeconomic inequalities; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMORBIDITY; CORONARY HEART DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DEPRIVATION; DIABETES; EQUITY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; PRIMARY CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIES; STROKE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; STATE MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890195565     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1355819613493772     Document Type: Article

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