Identification of hospital catchment areas using clustering: An example from the nhs

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 497-513

  Gilmour, Stuart John ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Clustering; Hospital catchment area; Marginal method; Power law; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MARKETING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 77949282811     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01069.x     Document Type: Article

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