Spatial implications associated with using euclidean distance measurements and geographic centroid imputation in health care research

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 316-327

  Jones, Stephen G ^a   Ashby, Avery J ^a   Momin, Soyal R ^a   Naidoo, Allen ^a  

^a BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Euclidean; Geo imputation; Zip code centroid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOUSING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POSTAL SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74549174588     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01044.x     Document Type: Article

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