Differences in the quality of primary medical care services by remoteness from urban settlements

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 446-449

  McLean, Gary ^a   Guthrie, Bruce ^b   Sutton, Matt ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; RURAL AREA; STROKE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCOTLAND; STROKE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 37749041422     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2006.020875     Document Type: Article

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