Inequalities in avoidable hospitalisation by area income and the role of individual characteristics: A population-Based register study in stockholm county, sweden

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 206-214

  Löfqvist, Therese ^a   Burström, Bo ^a,b   Walander, Anders ^b   Ljung, Rickard ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; SWEDEN; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84894115491     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001715     Document Type: Article

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