What limits the utilization of health services among the rural population in the Dabie Mountains- Evidence from Hubei province, China?

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fang, Pengqian ^a   Han, Shilong ^a   Zhao, Lu ^a   Fang, Zi ^b   Zhang, Yang ^a   Zou, Xiaoxu ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Economic status; Health service utilization; Mountain areas

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907061448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-379     Document Type: Article

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