Health workforce equity in urban community health service of China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Rui ^a   Zhao, Yali ^a   Du, Juan ^a   Wu, Tao ^b   Huang, Yafang ^a   Guo, Aimin ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION SIZE; RANK SUM TEST; URBAN AREA; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; MANPOWER; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84920455393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115988     Document Type: Article

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