Gender differences in rural and urban practice location among mid-level health care providers

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-76

  Lindsay, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE ANESTHETIST; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33846550180     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2006.00070.x     Document Type: Article

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