Rural isolation and the availability of hospital services

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 363-372

  Henderson, James W ^a   Taylor, Beck A ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand thresholds; Rural hospitals

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES; METHODOLOGY; RURAL AREA; SERVICE PROVISION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0038270718     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-0167(03)00007-X     Document Type: Article

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