Accessibility of primary health care workforce in rural China

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 833-847

  Han, Youli ^a   Wei, Jihong ^a   Song, Xinmin ^a   Sarah, Barber J ^a   Wen, Chunmei ^a   Zheng, Xiaoying ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

accessibility index; health care worker; inequalities in health; primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS;

CHINA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84867763525     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539511403801     Document Type: Review

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