Potential and actual accessibility to hospital and hospital services in Northeast Florida

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-184

  Loh, Chung Ping A ^a   Cobb, Sharon C ^a   Johnson, Christopher K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; GIS; Health Care Provision; Jacksonville MSA

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; GIS; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PUBLIC ACCESS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; JACKSONVILLE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949188840     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: 15496929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.0.0043     Document Type: Article

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