Primary health care accessibility for rural Otago: "A spatial analysis"

Healthcare Review Online

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Bagheri, Nasser ^a   Benwell, George L ^a   Holt, Alec ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33749019740     PISSN: 11737956     EISSN: 11737956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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