Costs of accessing surgical specialists by rural and remote residents

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 544-547

  Rankin, Sarah L ^a   Hughes Anderson, Wayne ^a   House, Anthony K ^a,b   Heath, Dugal I ^a   Aitken, Robert J ^a   House, Jill ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Health care access; Rural health care; Visiting specialist services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEES, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 0034850177     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.2001.02188.x     Document Type: Article

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