The geographical assignment of cancer units: Patient accessibility as an optimal allocation problem

Public Health

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 379-383

  Smallman Raynor, M R ^a,b   Muir, K R ^b   Smith, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer unit; Cervical cancer; Optimal allocation modelling; Patient accessibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0032446620     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(98)00283-2     Document Type: Article

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