Does patients' place of residence affect the type of physician performing primary excision of cutaneous melanoma in Northern Scotland?

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Green, Joanna ^a   Murchie, Peter ^a   Lee, Amanda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to care; Epidemiology; Family medicine; Geography; Health disparities

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO CARE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCESS TO CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH DISPARITIES;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SCOTLAND; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84882899811     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12011     Document Type: Article

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