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The ecology of medical care on an isolated island in Okinawa, Japan: a retrospective open cohort study

BACKGROUND: We aimed to describe the ecology of medical care on an isolated island with limited access to secondary care, and to evaluate the gatekeeping function of the island’s primary care clinic through comparison with a previous nationwide survey. METHODS: We conducted this retrospective, open...

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Autores principales:	Kaneko, Makoto, Matsushima, Masato, Irving, Greg
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5237497/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28088204 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-1979-8

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