Using geographically weighted regression to validate approaches for modelling accessibility to primary health care

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-194

  Bagheri, Nasser ^a   Holt, Alec ^a   Benwell, George L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Geographically weighted regression; New Zealand deprivation index; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL TIME;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 77349094798     PISSN: 1874463X     EISSN: 18744621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12061-009-9021-0     Document Type: Article

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