Exploring the differences in general practitioner and health care specialist utilization according to education, occupation, income and social networks across Europe: Findings from the European social survey (2014) special module on the social determinants of health

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue , 2017, Pages 73-81

  Fjaer, Erlend L ^a   Balaj, Mirza ^a   Stornes, Per ^a   Todd, Adam ^b   McNamara, Courtney L ^a   Eikemo, Terje A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 85033435190     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw255     Document Type: Review

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