A comparative evaluation of pharmacy services in single and no pharmacy towns

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Sunderland, V Bruce ^a   Burrows, Suzanne D ^a   Joyce, Andrew W ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA;

EID: 33746604322     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-3-8     Document Type: Article

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