Geography, private costs and uptake of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in a remote rural area

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lindsay, Sandra M ^a   Duncan, John L ^b   Cairns, John ^a   Godden, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCREENING; UNITED KINGDOM; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MASS SCREENING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAVEL; UTILIZATION;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FINANCING, PERSONAL; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; TRAVEL;

EID: 33646347662     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-80     Document Type: Article

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