Creating a GIS application for health services at Jeddah city

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 879-889

  Murad, Abdulkader A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

GIS; Hospital demand; Network analysis; Overlay analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS; PATIENT MONITORING;

HOSPITAL DEMAND; HOSPITAL SERVICE AREA; OVERLAY ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITALS;

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; SAUDI ARABIA;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 34047120179     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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