Associations between self-reported quality of care and county characteristics are largely similar in rural and Urban settings

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 257-267

  Peterson, Lars E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual influence; Multilevel models; Quality; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OHIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 75349101853     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0b013e3181bee1ce     Document Type: Article

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