Health inequalities and regional specific scarcity in primary care physicians: Ethical issues and criteria

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 449-455

  Stapleton, Greg ^a   Schröder Bäck, Peter ^a   Brand, Helmut ^a   Townend, David ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethics; Health inequalities; Physicians; Primary care

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHICS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS;

EID: 84901365480     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0497-7     Document Type: Article

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