Inequalities in rural health care: Differences in surgical intervention between metropolitan and rural Western Australia

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 265-269

  Ng, Jonathon Q ^a   Hall, Sonǰa E ^a   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a   Semmens, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data linkage; Geographical disadvantage; Population based; Rural medicine; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URBAN AREA; URETER STONE; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; URBAN POPULATION; URINARY CALCULI; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 20444478710     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03375.x     Document Type: Article

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