Access to family physicians in southwestern Ontario

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Reid, Graham J ^a   Freeman, Thomas R ^a   Thind, Amardeep ^a   Stewart, Moira ^a   Brown, Judith Belle ^a   Vingilis, Evelyn R ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 74749105020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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