Rural and urban primary care physician professional beliefs and quality improvement behaviors

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 235-243

  Kirchhoff, Anne C ^a,b   Hart, Gary ^c   Campbell, Eric G ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Primary care physicians; Professionalism; Quality; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RURAL HEALTH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84903629081     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12067     Document Type: Article

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