The impact of a rural scanner in overcoming urban versus rural disparities in the utilisation of computed tomography

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 150-154

  Nixon, Garry ^a   Samaranayaka, Ari ^b   de Graaf, Brandon ^b   Mckechnie, Roz ^a   Rodwell, Peter ^c   Blattner, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Oamaru Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Access; Computed tomography; Imaging; Inequality; Radiology

Indexed keywords

DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; RURAL HEALTH CARE; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84929506365     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajr.12125     Document Type: Article

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