Increasing access to care for brazos valley, Texas: A rural community of solution

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 246-253

  Garney, Whitney R ^a   Drake, Kelly ^a   Wendel, Monica L ^a   McLeroy, Kenneth ^a   Clark, Heather R ^a   Ryder, Byron ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Leon County Government   (United States)

Author keywords

Community Health Networks; Practice based Research; Public Health; Rural Health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL WORK; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TELEHEALTH; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORKS; PRACTICE-BASED RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL WORK; TEXAS;

EID: 84877769415     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.03.120242     Document Type: Article

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