Closing rural hospitals in Saskatchewan: On the road to wellness?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1021-1034

  James, Amanda M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Community impacts; Health care reform; Rural hospital closures; Saskatchewan

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RURAL AREA; SERVICE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; WELLBEING;

HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; POLITICS; SASKATCHEWAN;

CANADA;

EID: 0032780014     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00180-X     Document Type: Article

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