Analysis of the equity of emergency medical services: A cross-sectional survey in Chongqing city

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Liu, Yalan ^a   Jiang, Yi ^a   Tang, Shenglan ^b   Qiu, Jingfu ^a   Zhong, Xiaoni ^a   Wang, Yang ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EQUITY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN RESOURCE; MORTALITY; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT;

BIOSTATISTICS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; URBAN AREA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

CHINA; CHONGQING;

CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84954042333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-015-0282-8     Document Type: Review

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