Inpatient care in rural hospitals at the beginning of the 21st century

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-338

  Hall, Margaret Jean ^a   Owings, Maria F ^a   Shinogle, Judith A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748997374     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2006.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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