Geographical accessibility and Kentucky's heart-related hospital services

Applied Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 181-205

  Hare, Timothy S ^a   Barcus, Holly R ^b  

^a MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Cardiovascular disease; GIS; Health inequalities; Kentucky; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MORTALITY; PUBLIC ACCESS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548609907     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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