Rural idaho family physicians' scope of practice

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-89

  Baker, Ed ^a   Schmitz, David ^b   Epperly, Ted ^b   Nukui, Ayaka ^a   Miller, Carissa Moffat ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Family Medicine Residency of Idaho ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Family medicine; Residency education; Rural medicine; Scope of practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IDAHO; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 73649114606     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2009.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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