Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 1 , Pages 3-17 , January 2007

Exploring differences in caseloads of rural and urban healthcare providers in Alaska and New Mexico

  • Christiane Brems

      Affiliations

    • University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Behavioral Health Research and Services, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3401 E. 42nd Street, Suite 200, AK 99508, USA. Tel.: +19075612880; fax: +19075612895.
    • ,
  • Mark E. Johnson

      Affiliations

    • University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
    • ,
  • Teddy D. Warner

      Affiliations

    • University of New Mexico School of Medicine, USA
    • ,
  • Laura Weiss Roberts

      Affiliations

    • Medical College of Wisconsin, USA

Received 8 February 2006 ,Revised 22 June 2006 ,Accepted 19 July 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.07.031

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