Income related inequality of health care access in Japan: A retrospective cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Fujita, Misuzu ^a   Sato, Yasunori ^a,b   Nagashima, Kengo ^a,b   Takahashi, Sho ^b   Hata, Akira ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; OUTPATIENT CARE; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INCOME; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84961613307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151690     Document Type: Article

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