The Relationship of Health Professional Shortage Areas to Health Status: Implications for Health Manpower Policy

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 681-685

  Kohrs, Francis P ^a   Mainous, Arch G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KENTUCKY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 85047690828     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: XXXXXXXX     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.4.8.681     Document Type: Article

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