Association between community health center and rural health clinic presence and county-level hospitalization rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: An analysis across eight US states

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Probst, Janice C ^a   Laditka, James N ^b   Laditka, Sarah B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949207349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-134     Document Type: Article

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