Meeting the health-care needs of the rural elderly: The unique role of village doctors

China and World Economy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 44-60

  Babiarz, Kimberly Singer ^a   Yi, Hongmei ^b   Luo, Renfu ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health care; Village doctor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878095173     PISSN: 16712234     EISSN: 1749124X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-124X.2013.12021.x     Document Type: Article

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