Distance and socioeconomic status as a health service predictor on the periphery in the southern region of Israel

Hasia Lubetzky, Michael Friger, Lora Warshawsky-Livne and Shifra Shvarts

Health Policy, 2011, vol. 100, issue 2, 310-316

Abstract: This research focuses on the accessibility of health-services to the population in the southern region of Israel, comparing accessibility within the periphery. The objective was to study whether there is a correlation between the number of patient visits to specialist-clinics to the geographical distance from the patient's home and the patient's socioeconomic-status.

Keywords: Rural health; Periphery; Socio-economical level; Accessibility of health care; Availability of health services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.09.006

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