Access to rural health services: Research as community action and policy critique

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1103-1114

  Panelli, Ruth ^a   Gallagher, Lou ^b   Kearns, Robin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Access to care; Community action; Health; New Zealand; Rural; Survey; Women

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL AREA; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 31144461971     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.018     Document Type: Article

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