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Factors influencing the care needs and demands of rural outpatients in Shaanxi, China

  • Ya-Ling Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Statistics, Faculty of Preventive Medicine, China
    • ,
  • Han-Min Wang

      Affiliations

    • Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • ,
  • Xia Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Statistics, Faculty of Preventive Medicine, China
    • ,
  • Min-Xia Dai

      Affiliations

    • Centre of Health Statistics, Health General Office of Shaanxi Province, China
    • ,
  • Lei Shang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Statistics, Faculty of Preventive Medicine, China
    • ,
  • Dan-Hong Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Statistics, Faculty of Preventive Medicine, China
    • ,
  • Yong-Yong Xu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Statistics, Faculty of Preventive Medicine, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +862983374853; fax: +862983374858.

Received 17 February 2005 ,Revised 13 March 2006 ,Accepted 18 May 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.05.020

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