Evolution and financial cost of socioeconomic inequalities in ambulatory care sensitive conditions

Background: Hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSC) are specific conditions for which hospitalization is thought to be avoidable through patient education, health promotion initiatives, early diagnosis and by appropriate chronic disease management, and have been shown to be...

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Main Author: Dimitrovová, Klára (author)
Other Authors: Costa, Cláudia (author), Santana, Paula (author), Perelman, Julian (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Ambulatory care sensitive conditions
Costs
Primary care
Socioeconomic inequalities
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-017-0642-7
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/30029

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-017-0642-7

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