Distance decay and persistent health care disparities in South Africa

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  McLaren, Zoë M ^a   Ardington, Cally ^b   Leibbrandt, Murray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Distance decay; Health care utilization; Inequality; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925341666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0541-1     Document Type: Article

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