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Access to general practitioner services: the disabled elderly lag behind in underserved areas

Author(s) -

Basile Chaix,

Paul J. Veugelers,

PierreYves Boëlle,

Pierre Chauvin

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

european journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056

H-Index - 91

eISSN - 1464-360X

pISSN - 1101-1262

DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cki082

Subject(s) - medicine , institutionalisation , gerontology , odds , population ageing , poisson regression , population , rural area , environmental health , logistic regression , pathology , psychiatry

Several studies have shown that people living in areas underserved in physicians have reduced odds of consulting. However, beyond the magnitude of this effect averaged for the whole population, policymakers need to know whether specific subgroups faced with transportation difficulties, such as the elderly and especially the disabled elderly, have a particularly restricted access to physicians when residing in underserved areas.

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