Socio economic in equality in hip replacement in four European countries from 2002 to 2009-area-level analysis of hospital data

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue , 2015, Pages 21-27

  Cookson, Richard ^a   Gutacker, Nils ^a   Garcia Armesto, Sandra ^b,c   Angulo Pueyo, Ester ^b,c   Christiansen, Terkel ^d   Bloor, Karen ^a   Bernal Delgado, Enrique ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^c Red de Investigacion en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Cronicas REDISSEC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENMARK; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN;

EID: 84929050653     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku220     Document Type: Article

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