The index of rural access: An innovative integrated approach for measuring primary care access

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  McGrail, Matthew R ^a,b   Humphreys, John S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION SIZE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; VICTORIA;

EID: 68949108605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-124     Document Type: Article

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