Assessment of primary health care access status: An analytic technique for decision making

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 229-238

  Fos, Peter J ^a   Zúniga, Miguel A ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOUISIANA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033289986     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019056316193     Document Type: Article

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