Delivering free healthcare to rural Central Appalachia population: The case of the Health Wagon

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gardner, T ^a   Gavaza, P ^b   Meade, P ^a   Adkins, D M ^b  

^a The Health Wagon   (United States)

^b Appalachian College of Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Access barriers; Appalachia; Free health care; USA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; APPALACHIAN REGION; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; VIRGINIA; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84864087906     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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