Nature of association between rural background and practice location: A comparison of general practitioners and specialists

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  McGrail, Matthew R ^a,b   Humphreys, John S ^b   Joyce, Catherine M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 79953111540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-63     Document Type: Article

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