Population need and geographical access to general practitioners in rural New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1199, 2004, Pages

  Brabyn, Lars ^a   Barnett, Ross ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAORI; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL; AGED; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 6944242695     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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