Bypassing the local rural hospital for outpatient procedures

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-181

  Saunders, Charles ^a   Bellamy, Gail R ^a   Menachemi, Nir ^b   Chukmaitov, Askar S ^a   Brooks, Robert G ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AMBULATORY CARE; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 70350151232     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2009.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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