A covering tour model for planning mobile health care facilities in Suhum district, Ghana

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 621-638

  Hodgson, M John ^a   Laporte, Gilbert ^b,c   Semet, Frédéric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Ghana, Suhum District; Health services; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

GHANA; SUHUM DISTRICT;

EID: 0032454016     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-4146.00113     Document Type: Article

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