Looking beyond Income and Education: Socioeconomic Status Gradients among Future High-Cost Users of Health Care

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 161-171

  Fitzpatrick, Tiffany ^a   Rosella, Laura C ^a,b,c   Calzavara, Andrew ^b   Petch, Jeremy ^d,e   Pinto, Andrew D ^e,g   Manson, Heather ^a,c   Goel, Vivek ^a,b,c,f   Wodchis, Walter P ^b,f,h  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Healthy Debate ^*  (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Centre for Research on Inner City Health   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH COST USER; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937513866     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.02.018     Document Type: Article

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