Access to health care and employment status of people with disabilities in South India, the SIDE (South India Disability Evidence) study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gudlavalleti, Murthy Venkata S ^a   John, Neena ^a   Allagh, Komal ^a   Sagar, Jayanthi ^a   Kamalakannan, Sureshkumar ^a   Ramachandra, Srikrishna S ^a   Shamanna, B R ^b   Noe, Christiane ^c   Pant, Hira Ballabh ^d   Soji, Fairlene ^d   Mani, Srinivasan ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^c CBM   (Germany)

^d CBM South Asia Regional Office   (India)

Author keywords

Depression; Diabetes mellitus; Disabled persons; Health care disparities; Health services accessibility; India

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920842095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1125     Document Type: Article

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