Rural Health Services - Organization & administration
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Evaluating the views of paramedics, cardiologists, emergency department physicians and nurses on advanced prehospital management of acute ST elevation myocardial infarction.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Although advanced prehospital management (PHM) in ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) reduces reperfusion delay and improves patient outcomes, its use in North America remains uncommon. Understanding perceived barriers to and ... Read more...

The impact of TennCare on hospital efficiency.

30 Aug 2009 This study measures the effect of TennCare, a Medicaid managed care reform initiated in 1994, on the efficiency of hospitals in Tennessee. We apply a multiple-output stochastic frontier approach to a panel dataset that represents all short-term ... Read more...

Public health systems: a social networks perspective.

15 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between public health system network density and organizational centrality in public health systems and public health governance, community size, and health status in three public health domains. DATA ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Rural Health Services - Organization & administration'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Evaluating the views of paramedics, cardiologists, emergency department physicians and nurses on advanced prehospital management of acute ST elevation myocardial infarction. 30 Aug 2009
• The impact of TennCare on hospital efficiency. 30 Aug 2009
• Public health systems: a social networks perspective. 15 Aug 2009
• Politicians in apron: case study of rebel health services in Nepal. 8 Aug 2009
• What stresses remote area nurses? Current knowledge and future action. 30 Jul 2009
• Use of chronic disease management plans in rural practice. 30 Jul 2009
• Professional opinions of the use of telemedicine in child & adolescent psychiatry. 30 Jul 2009
• Home management of malaria. 23 Jul 2009
• The index of rural access: an innovative integrated approach for measuring primary care access. 21 Jul 2009
• Features of effective primary health care models in rural and remote Australia: a case-study analysis. 18 Jul 2009
• Care in the country: a historical case study of long-term sustainability in 4 rural health centers. 14 Jul 2009
• South Africa's womb. 5 Jul 2009
• Primary care reform. 5 Jul 2009
• Health insurance and catastrophic illness: a report on the New Cooperative Medical System in rural China. 29 Jun 2009
• Crossing the miles. The challenges of cancer care in rural America. 29 Jun 2009
• [Dependence and vulnerability in walking ability at home] 29 Jun 2009
• Men's Health Pitstop. 29 Jun 2009
• Great expectations in prenatal care. 30 May 2009
• CVD risk. License to screen: a new mobile intervention program. 30 May 2009
• Characteristics of practice among rural and urban general surgeons in North Carolina. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Rural Health Services'

Definition: Health services, public or private, in rural areas. The services include the promotion of health and the delivery of health care.

Descriptor UI: D019035

Alternative terms: Rural Health Services; Services, Rural Health; Health Services, Rural; Health Service, Rural; Rural Health Service; Service, Rural Health; Rural Health Center; Center, Rural Health; Centers, Rural Health; Health Center, Rural; Health Centers, Rural; Rural Health Centers;

Related Mesh Headings: Suburban Health Services;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.421.816;

History Note: 96

Technical Notes: IM; coord with specific health serv (IM); DF: RURAL HEALTH SERV