Household income determines access to specialized pediatric chronic pain treatment in Germany

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ruhe, Ann Kristin ^a   Wager, Julia ^a   Hirschfeld, Gerrit ^b   Zernikow, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Health care delivery; Income; Inequality; Pediatric; Socioeconomic status (SES); Specialized treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC PAIN; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCOME; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAVEL; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; OCCUPATIONS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84978942624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1403-9     Document Type: Article

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