Is there a role for GIS in the 'new NHS'?

Health and Place

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 247-259

  Higgs, Gary ^a   Gould, Myles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GIS; NHS; Primary and secondary health care sectors; UK

Indexed keywords

GIS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES;

COMPUTER; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LITERATURE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034964254     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(01)00014-4     Document Type: Article

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