Measuring potential spatial access to primary health care physicians using a modified gravity model

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-45

  Schuurman, Nadine ^a   Bérubé, Myriam ^b   Crooks, Valorie A ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gravity model; Kernel density estimation; Primary health care; Rural and remote health; Spatial access

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODEL TEST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 77749279889     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2009.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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