The financial value of services provided by a rural community health fair

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 821-829

  Dulin, Mary Katherine ^a,b   Olive, Kenneth E ^b   Florence, Joseph A ^b   Sliger, Carolyn ^b  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Health fair; Medical education; Rural health services; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH FAIRS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; VIRGINIA;

EID: 33845663263     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0121     Document Type: Article

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