Bypass of local primary care in rural counties: Effect of patient and community characteristics

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-130

  Liu, Jiexin ^a   Bellamy, Gail ^b   Barnet, Beth ^a   Weng, Shuhe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Bypass; Community medicine; Critical access hospital; Health policy; Hospitalists; Medically underserved area; Patient centered care; Primary care; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41149096515     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.794     Document Type: Article

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