Physician location survey: Self-reported and census-defined rural/urban locations

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1761-1766

  Lin, Ge ^a   Rosenthal, Thomas C ^b   Horwitz, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Location factor; Physician; Rural urban difference; Zip code

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAREER CHOICE; CENSUSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030988397     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00378-4     Document Type: Article

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