The visiting specialist model of rural health care delivery: A survey in Massachusetts

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 294-299

  Drew, Jacob ^a   Cashman, Suzanne B ^a   Savageau, Judith A ^a   Stenger, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEPHROLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC CARE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POSTAL MAIL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 33749029906     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2006.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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