Rural health: Access to care and services

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 339-343

  Nelson, Julie A ^a   Gingerich, Barbara Stover ^b  

^a Advantage HCMR Consultants Inc ^*

^b PA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Disparities; Home care; Hospice; Models; Resources; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954994767     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822309353552     Document Type: Article

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