Barriers in access to healthcare services for chronic patients in times of austerity: An empirical approach in Greece

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kyriopoulos, Ilias Ioannis ^a   Zavras, Dimitris ^a   Skroumpelos, Anastasis ^a   Mylona, Katerina ^a   Athanasakis, Kostas ^a   Kyriopoulos, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

Barriers in access; Chronic patients; Economic crisis; Greece; Income decrease; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PATIENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HYPERTENSION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

GREECE;

EID: 84904533313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-13-54     Document Type: Article

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