Spatial analysis of elderly access to primary care services

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mobley, Lee R ^a   Root, Elisabeth ^a   Anselin, Luc ^b   Lozano Gracia, Nancy ^b   Koschinsky, Julia ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AGED; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745509198     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-5-19     Document Type: Article

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