What can rural agencies do to address the additional costs of rural services? A typology of rural service innovation

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 457-465

  Asthana, Sheena ^a   Halliday, Joyce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health Action Zone; Rurality; Service costs; Service innovation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 7544246688     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2004.00518.x     Document Type: Review

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