Urban-rural health differences: Primary care data and self reported data render different results

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 893-902

  Kroneman, Madelon ^a   Verheij, Robert ^a   Tacken, Margot ^b   van der Zee, Jouke ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disease prevalence; Electronic medical record; General practioner; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EUSOCIALITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECORD; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 77955315686     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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