Impact of rural residence and health system structure on quality of liver care.

Specialist physician concentration in urban areas can affect access and quality of care for rural patients. As effective drug treatment for hepatitis C (HCV) becomes increasingly available, the extent to which rural patients needing HCV specialists face access or quality deficits is unknown. We soug...

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Main Authors: Catherine Rongey, Hui Shen, Nathan Hamilton, Lisa I Backus, Steve M Asch, Sara Knight
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3873451?pdf=render