Evaluating Michigan's community hospital access: Spatial methods for decision support

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Messina, Joseph P ^a   Shortridge, Ashton M ^a   Groop, Richard E ^a   Varnakovida, Pariwate ^a   Finn, Mark J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION; UNITED STATES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; MICHIGAN;

EID: 33749527369     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-5-42     Document Type: Article

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