Changing geographic access to and locational efficiency of health services in two Indian districts between 1981 and 1996

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2045-2067

  Kumar, Naresh ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic accessibility; Health services; India; Location allocation model; Locational simulation; Locational efficiency

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; PRIVATE SECTOR;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INDIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1542328805     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.08.019     Document Type: Article

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