Chinese health care in rural areas

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7779, 2010, Pages 899-900

  Feng, Zhanlian ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; POLICY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFIT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIETY; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE REFORM; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 78049474932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c5254     Document Type: Editorial

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