Measuring spatial accessibility to primary care in rural areas: Improving the effectiveness of the two-step floating catchment area method

Applied Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 533-541

  McGrail, Matthew R ^a,b   Humphreys, John S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Medical geography; Primary care; Rural health; Service catchment; Spatial accessibility

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GIS; HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PLANNING METHOD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC ACCESS; RURAL AREA; RURAL PLANNING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 70349766003     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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