Physical access to primary health care in Andean Bolivia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1177-1188

  Perry, Baker ^a   Gesler, Wil ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; GIS; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

GIS; HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA; SERVICE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

BOLIVIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0033983496     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00364-0     Document Type: Article

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