A probabilistic sampling method (PSM) for estimating geographic distance to health services when only the region of residence is known

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Beyer, Kirsten M M ^a   Saftlas, Audrey F ^b   Wallis, Anne B ^b   Peek Asa, Corinne ^b   Rushton, Gerard ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH SERVICES; LOCATION THEORY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SAMPLING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TRAVEL;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TRAVEL;

EID: 78650996539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-10-4     Document Type: Article

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