Differential access to quality rural healthcare: Professional and policy challenges

Family and Community Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 186-194

  Merwin, Elizabeth ^a   Snyder, Audrey ^a   Katz, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Community health center; Community mental health center; Rural; Shortage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; VIRGINIA;

EID: 33746543210     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200607000-00005     Document Type: Article

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