Exploring the spatial pattern in hospital admissions

Health Policy

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-62

  Bech, Mickael ^a   Lauridsen, Jørgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hospitals admissions; Reverse causality; Spatial autoregression; Spatial spillover

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MORBIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION;

EID: 43949093049     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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