The geographic accessibility of retail clinics for underserved populations

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 945-949

  Pollack, Craig Evan ^a,b   Armstrong, Katrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; INCOME; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66349096617     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.69     Document Type: Article

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