Harnessing geographic information systems (GIS) to enable community-oriented primary care

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-31

  Bazemore, Andrew ^a   Phillips, Robert L ^a   Miyoshi, Thomas ^b  

^a ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

^b Arkansas Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; FUNDING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; URBAN POPULATION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 74549156519     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.01.090097     Document Type: Article

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