Defining needs-based urban health planning areas is feasible and desirable: A population-based approach in Toronto, Ontario

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 380-384

  Glazier, Richard H ^a,b,c   Vahabi, Mandana ^b,d   Damba, Cynthia ^d   Patychuk, Dianne ^e   Ardal, Sten ^f   Johnson, Ian ^b   Woodward, Graham ^c   DeBoer, Donald P ^c   Brown, Adalsteinn ^b   Low, Harvey ^g   McConnell, Claire ^h   Lawrie, Lynne ^d   Dudgeon, Scott ^d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d Toronto District Health Council   (Canada)

^e TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^f Central East Health Information Partnership   (Canada)

^g CITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health planning; Socioeconomic factors; Urban population

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CITY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; STANDARDIZATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 26844554904     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404037     Document Type: Note

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