Social determinants of community health services utilization among the users in China: A 4-year cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Gong, Yanhong ^a   Yin, Xiaoxv ^a   Wang, Yunxia ^a   Li, Yongbin ^a   Qin, Geng ^b   Liu, Liqun ^b   Zhou, Wei ^b   Song, Fujian ^c   Dong, Xiaoxin ^a   Cao, Shiyi ^a   Yang, Chen ^a   Yang, Huajie ^a   Xie, Jun ^a   Liu, Junan ^a   Lu, Zuxun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Pharmacopoeia Commission of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84901349072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098095     Document Type: Article

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