Gender Inequalities in Access to Health Care among Adults Living in British Columbia, Canada

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 74-79

  Socías, M Eugenia ^a,b   Koehoorn, Mieke ^a   Shoveller, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958610817     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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