Surgery in rural America

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 299-305

  Finlayson, Samuel R G ^a,b,c  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Mithoefer Center for Rural Surgery   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care policy makers; Rural surgery; Surgical workforce

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL SURGERY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PEER REVIEW; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGICAL TRAINING; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32044461976     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155335060501200403     Document Type: Review

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