Aging village doctors in five counties in rural China: Situation and implications

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Xu, Huiwen ^a   Zhang, Weijun ^a   Gu, Linni ^a   Qu, Zhiyong ^a   Sa, Zhihong ^a   Zhang, Xiulan ^a   Tian, Donghua ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Barefoot doctors; China; Rural health workforce; Village doctors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PENSION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CHINA; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84903241193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-12-36     Document Type: Article

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