Rapid assessment of access to primary care in remote parts of the developing world

Field Methods

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 296-309

  Baker, Jonathan B ^a   Bazemore, Andrew W ^b,c   Jacobson Jr , C Jeffrey ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Developing; Geographic; Health; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649114748     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: 15523969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X08317114     Document Type: Article

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