Accessibility to and satisfaction with healthcare by rural area residents

Taiwan Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 394-404

  Tsai, Wen Chen ^a   Kung, Pei Tseng ^b   Yaung, Chin Liang ^b   Li, Ya Usin ^c   Lin, Szu Chen ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Healthcare Satisfaction; Rural Area

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RURAL AREA;

EID: 33846439829     PISSN: 10232141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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