The effect of spatial definition on the allocation of clients to screening clinics

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 331-340

  Hyndman, Jilda ^a   D'Arcy C , ^a   Holman, J ^a   Jamrozik, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment areas; Medical geography; Screening clinics; Spatial access

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCREENING; TRAVEL;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0343990132     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00348-6     Document Type: Article

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