Inequities in ambulatory care and the relationship between socioeconomic status and respiratory hospitalizations: A population-based study of a Canadian city

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 402-407

  Trachtenberg, Aaron J ^a   Dik, Natalia ^a   Chateau, Dan ^a   Katz, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Asthma; Avoidable hospitalizations; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Health status disparities; Respiratory disease; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84906979000     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1683     Document Type: Article

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