Perceptions of local health care quality in 7 rural communities with telemedicine

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-85

  Nesbitt, Thomas S ^a,c   Marcin, James P ^b   Daschbach, Martha M ^a   Cole, Stacey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE; TRAVEL;

EID: 11144248145     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2005.tb00066.x     Document Type: Review

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