Transfer of patients from health care centres to special care services: Analysis of travel distances in Nordic countries

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 512-518

  Vuori, Jari ^a   Kylänen, Marika ^a   Tritter, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Density; Distance; Health services

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650693602     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v69i5.17694     Document Type: Article

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