General surgery at rural hospitals: a national survey of rural hospital administrators

Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 599-606

  Doty, Brit ^a   Zuckerman, Randall ^a   Finlayson, Samuel ^a   Jenkins, Paul ^a   Rieb, Nathaniel ^a   Heneghan, Steven ^a  

^a Mithoefer Center for Rural Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL AREA; SURGEON;

DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049139829     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2007.11.022     Document Type: Article

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