Comparison of primary health care services between urban and rural settings after the introduction of the first urban health centre in Vyronas, Greece

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mariolis, Anargiros ^a   Mihas, Constantinos ^a   Alevizos, Alevizos ^a   Mariolis Sapsakos, Theodoros ^a   Marayiannis, Konstantinos ^a   Papathanasiou, Marek ^a   Gizlis, Vassilios ^a   Karanasios, Dimitris ^b   Merkouris, Bodossakis ^c  

^a Health Centre of Vyronas   (Greece)

^b Nea Madytos HC   (Greece)

^c Greek Association of General Practitioners (ELEGEIA)   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; GREECE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 46249086264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-124     Document Type: Article

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