The availability and distribution of dentists in rural ZIP codes and primary care health professional shortage areas (PC-HPSA) ZIP codes: Comparison with primary care providers

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-48

  Knapp, Katherine K ^a   Hardwick, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentist; Health professional shortage area; Mapping; Nurse midwife; Nurse practitioner; Physician assistant; Primary care; Primary care physician; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTIST; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DENTISTS; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034354621     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2000.tb03291.x     Document Type: Review

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