Combined effect of individual and neighbourhood socioeconomic status on mortality of rheumatoid arthritis patients under universal health care coverage system

Family Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-48

  Chen, Cheng Hsin ^a   Huang, Kuang Yung ^b,c,d   Wang, Jen Yu ^a   Huang, Hsien Bin ^d   Chou, Pesus ^e   Lee, Ching Chih ^b,c,d,e  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Health care system; Mortality; National health insurance; Public policy; Rheumatoid arthritis; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INDIVIDUAL SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEIGHBOURHOOD SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPTICEMIA; SHOCK; SOCIAL STATUS; TAIWAN; UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE COVERAGE SYSTEM; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POVERTY AREAS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922434782     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmu059     Document Type: Article

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