Socioeconomic inequality of access to healthcare: Does choice explain the gradient?

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 57, Issue , 2018, Pages 290-314

  Moscelli, Giuseppe ^a   Siciliani, Luigi ^a   Gutacker, Nils ^a   Cookson, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice; Inequalities; Selection bias; Socioeconomic status; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGED; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENGLAND; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 85029490937     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2017.06.005     Document Type: Article

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