The influence of attractiveness factors and distance to general practice surgeries by level of social disadvantage and global access in Perth, Western Australia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 387-403

  Hyndman, Jilda C G ^a   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a   Pritchard, Douglas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Lockridge General Practice   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Australia; General practice; Perth; Social disadvantage; Spatial access

Indexed keywords

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BYPASS SURGERY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; MODEL; SAMPLING;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037211231     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00044-8     Document Type: Article

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