Access to health care professionals in rural Mississippi

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-154

  Hart Hester, Susan ^a   Thomas, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; FUTUROLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; RETIREMENT; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; WORKER;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RETIREMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0037325503     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000051180.92828.DD     Document Type: Article

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