Cost-related barriers to use of health services and prescription medicines in Finland: A cross-sectional survey

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 368-372

  Aaltonen, Katri ^a   Miettinen, Jani ^a   Airio, Ilpo ^a   Martikainen, Jaana E ^a   Saastamoinen, Leena K ^a   Bell, J Simon ^b,c   Hartikainen, Sirpa ^b   Norris, Pauline ^d  

^a SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939505396     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku176     Document Type: Article

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