Using a GIS-based floating catchment method to assess areas with shortage of physicians

Health and Place

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Luo, Wei ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Floating catchment; GIS; Illinois; Physician shortage; Scale; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

GIS;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOCAL AREA NETWORK; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0344430305     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(02)00067-9     Document Type: Article

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