Preventive health examinations: A comparison along the rural-urban continuum

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 80-88

  Larson, Sharon ^a   Correa de Araujo, Rosaly ^b  

^a SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Prevention; Quality of care; Rural health care; Women's health

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLON CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; AGED; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33646119161     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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