Comparison of health care experience and access between young and older adults in 11 high-income countries

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 413-420

  Hargreaves, Dougal S ^a,b   Greaves, Felix ^c   Levay, Charlotta ^d   Mitchell, Imogen ^e   Koch, Ursula ^f   Esch, Tobias ^g,h   Denny, Simon ⁱ   Frich, Jan C ^j   Struijs, Jeroen ^k   Sheikh, Aziz ^l  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (Germany)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^l UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Access and evaluation; Health care quality; Health care systems; Patient experience; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942192075     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.05.015     Document Type: Article

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