Impact of rural residence and health system structure on quality of liver care

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Rongey, Catherine ^a   Shen, Hui ^a   Hamilton, Nathan ^a   Backus, Lisa I ^b,c   Asch, Steve M ^b,d   Knight, Sara ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECENTRALIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; GOVERNMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84891321500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084826     Document Type: Article

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