High prevalence of forgoing healthcare for economic reasons in Switzerland: a population-based study in a region with universal health insurance coverage.

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Published in Prev Med on August 23, 2012

Authors

I Guessous1, J M Gaspoz, J M Theler, H Wolff

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Primary Care Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, Primary Care and Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Idris.Guessous@hcuge.ch

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