Identifying high-users of medical care in a farming-dependent county

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 28-34

  Rohrer, James E ^a   Culica, Dan V ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand management; Market research; Rural health care; Utilization of medical care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKETING; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0032719021     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-199902440-00004     Document Type: Review

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