Sex Differences in the Use of Health Care Services
Open Access
- 4 June 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 338 (23), 1678-1683
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199806043382307
Abstract
Sex differences in the use of health care services can be substantial at several stages of life. However, the extent to which differences in reproductive biology and mortality affect the use of health care services is unclear.Keywords
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