Modelling the redistribution of hospital supply to achieve equity taking account of patient's behaviour

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-30

  Oliveira, Mónica Duarte ^a,b   Bevan, Gwyn ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equity of access; Equity of utilisation; Hospital planning; Location allocation models; Portugal; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PORTUGAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PORTUGAL;

EID: 32444450605     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-006-6277-7     Document Type: Article

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