Health needs in rural areas and the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of doctors and nurses

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 359-363

  Vlastos, Ioannis M ^a,b,c   Mpatistakis, Antonios G ^b,c   Gkouskou, Kalliopi K ^d  

^a General Hospital of Agios Nikolaos   (Greece)

^b St George General Hopsital ^*  (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Nurse practitioners; Preventive medicine; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; GREECE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MANPOWER PLANNING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT; NURSING CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NURSING PRACTICE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH NURSING; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33644876712     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2005.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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