Addressing health disparities in chronic kidney disease

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 12848-12865

  Chan, Ta Chien ^a   Fan, I Chun ^a,b   Liu, Michael Shi Yung ^a,c   Su, Ming Daw ^d   Chiang, Po Huang ^e  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND PHILOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c Institute of Taiwan History   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Geographic information systems; Health disparity; Prevalence; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATION; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TAIWAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH DISPARITY; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84917691281     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph111212848     Document Type: Article

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