Geographical inequalities in the distribution of general practitioners in Sweden;Geografiska ojämlikheter i Sverige i fördelningen av allmänläkare

Lakartidningen

Volumn 100, Issue 51-52, 2003, Pages 4294-4297

  Mantzavinis, Georgios ^a   Theodorakis, Pavlos N ^a   Lionis, Christos ^b   Trell, Erik ^c,d  

^a Halsouniversitetet   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c Amnesforetradare for Allmanmedicin   (Sweden)

^d NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SWEDEN;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0442324809     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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