Measures of spatial accessibility to health care in a GIS environment: Synthesis and a case study in the Chicago region

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 865-884

  Luo, Wei ^a   Wang, Fahui ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL TIME;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345761658     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b29120     Document Type: Article

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