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Clinical peripherality: development of a peripherality index for rural health services. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: The configuration of rural health services is influenced by geography. Rural health practitioners provide a broader range of services to smaller populations scattered over wider areas or more difficult terrain than their urban counterparts ...
Selvaraj, Sivasubramaniam, Sivasubramaniam Selvaraj, Gillian M Swan, Swan, Gillian M, Swan Gillian M, Selvaraj Sivasubramaniam, David J Godden, Godden, David J, Godden David J   +8 more
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Comparison of health estimates between Victorian Population Health Surveys and National Health Surveys

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2003
Objective: The computer‐assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) method has grown rapidly in recent years as an epidemiological tool for obtaining data on health issues.
Adrian Serraglio, Norman Carson, Zahid Ansari   +2 more
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The urban-rural disparities and factors associated with the utilization of public health services among diabetes patients in China

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Basic public health services for diabetes play an essential role in controlling glycemia in patients with diabetes. This study was conducted to understand the urban-rural disparities in the utilization of basic public health services for ...
Xingli Ma, Wenyu Fan, Xindan Zhang, Shilong Zhang, Xia Feng, Suhang Song, Haipeng Wang   +6 more
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Primary health care delivery models in rural and remote Australia - a systematic review [PDF]

, 2008
© 2008 Wakerman et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and ...
Entwistle Philip, Kuipers Pim, Entwistle, Philip, Entwistle, Philip Lonsdale, Wells Robert, Wakerman John, John Wakerman, Judith Jones, S. Humphreys, John, Jones, Judith, Jones Judith, Humphreys, John S, Wakerman, John, John S Humphreys, Robert Wells, Kuipers, Pim, Philip Entwistle, Wells, Robert, Kuipers, Willem (Pim), Humphreys John S, Pim Kuipers   +20 more
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Mental healthcare in rural Greece: an overview

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience & Mental Health, 2019
This article summarizes the current state of mental healthcare delivery in rural areas in Greece. Mental health services for common mental disorders are provided by primary care physicians, whereas local community mental health centers (CMHCs) and the ...
Vaios Peritogiannis
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Ohio State Office of Rural Health update

Electronic coverage as of Sept. 22, 2011: Spring 2007-Spring 2008.; No issues available Summer 2007-Spring 2007, Summer-Fall 2008.; Harvested from the web on 9/23 ...
Ohio. State Office of Rural Health.
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China's rural public health system performance: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: In the past three years, the Government of China initiated health reform with rural public health system construction to achieve equal access to public health services for rural residents.
Miaomiao Tian, Da Feng, Xi Chen, Yingchun Chen, Xi Sun, Yuanxi Xiang, Fang Yuan, Zhanchun Feng   +7 more
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Why do Health Workers in Rural Tanzania Prefer Public Sector Employment? [PDF]

, 2012
Severe shortages of qualified health workers and geographical imbalances in the workforce in many low-income countries require the national health sector management to closely monitor and address issues related to the distribution of health workers ...
Moland Karen Marie, Songstad Nils Gunnar, Moland, Karen Marie, Massay, Deodatus Amadeus, Karen Marie Moland, Astrid Blystad, Massay Deodatus Amadeus, Blystad Astrid, Deodatus Amadeus Massay, Songstad, Nils Gunnar, Nils Gunnar Songstad, Blystad, Astrid   +11 more
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Investigation on Community Health Management Ability of Rural Doctors in China [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue
Background As the gatekeepers for rural residents' health, rural doctors are the main providers of health management services for rural populations.
XIE Kun, WANG Xuanxuan, LI Siqing, GAO Shuhong, CHEN Jiaying, ZHANG Zhaoyang
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Access to health services in Western Newfoundland, Canada: Issues, barriers and recommendations emerging from a community-engaged research project

Gateways, 2014
Research indicates that people living in rural and remote areas of Canada face challenges to accessing health services. This article reports on a community-engaged research project conducted by investigators at Memorial University of Newfoundland in ...
Janelle Hippe, Victor Maddalena, Sara Heath, Beulah Jesso, Marion McCahon, Kim Olson   +5 more
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