Clinical trial recruitment in rural South Carolina: A comparison of investigators' perceptions and potential participant eligibility

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Bergeron, C D ^a   Foster, C ^a   Friedman, D B ^a   Tanner, A ^a   Kim, S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Principal investigators; Secondary data analysis; South Carolina; Survey research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH CAROLINA; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84893473032     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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