Quality differences between rural and urban primary care: The case of a cervical cancer screening programme

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-240

  Salinas, Ana M ^a,b,d   Villarreal, Enrique ^a   Garza, María E ^a   Fraire, Juan M ^c   Lopez, Jose J ^a   Nuñez, Georgina M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^c Department of Chronic Diseases   (Mexico)

^d Cytologic Regional Laboratory Mexican Institute of Social Security ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Papanicolaou test; Quality; Rural care; Urban care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0031836279     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/10.3.235     Document Type: Article

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