China's rural public health system performance: A cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Tian, Miaomiao ^a,b   Feng, Da ^a   Chen, Xi ^a,c   Chen, Yingchun ^a   Sun, Xi ^a   Xiang, Yuanxi ^a   Yuan, Fang ^a   Feng, Zhanchun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL INFORMATION   (China)

^c JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; VACCINATION; WATER QUALITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891332493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083822     Document Type: Article

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