Development of the Rural-Urban Demand Indicator (RUDI)

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 453-466

  Burns, Nancy ^a   Carney, Kim ^a   Slinkman, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy; Health services demand indicator; Rural urban health

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0032184703     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-240X(199810)21:5<453::AID-NUR8>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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