Health care utilization in older people with cardiovascular disease in China

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Dou, Lixia ^a   Liu, Xiaoyun ^a   Zhang, Tuohong ^a   Wu, Yangfeng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

CHINA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84938236847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-015-0190-y     Document Type: Article

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