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The influence of sociodemographic characteristics on health care utilisation in a Swedish municipality

Ahmad Al-Windi Uppsala University, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Section, Uppsala, and AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Dag Elmfeldt Uppsala University, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Section, Uppsala, and AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden; Uppsala University, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Section, Uppsala, Sweden
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Kurt Svärdsudd Uppsala University, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Section, Uppsala, and AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden
Pages 33-42 | Received 25 Nov 2003, Accepted 03 Dec 2003, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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