Socio-economic status and the utilisation of physicians' services: results from the Canadian National Population Health Survey

Social Science and Medicine - Tập 51 Số 1 - Trang 123-133 - 2000
Sheryl Dunlop1, Peter C. Coyte2,3,4,5,6, Warren J. McIsaac7,8
1Pharmacia & Upjohn Pty. Limited, 59 Kirby St., P.O. Box 46, Rydalmere, NSW 2116, Australia
2Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit, The Wellesley Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, Ont., Canada
3Department of Health Administration, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada
4Department of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont., Canada
5Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, Ont., Canada
6Institute for Policy Analysis, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada
7Department of Family Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont., Canada
8Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada

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