Addressing the problem of rural community engagement in healthcare service design

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1004-1006

  Nimegeer, Amy ^a   Farmer, Jane ^b   West, Christina ^c   Currie, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NHS HIGHLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co production; Engagement; Health; Planning; Rural; Services

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL AREA; RURAL PLANNING;

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; BUDGET; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 79958052116     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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