Optimizing the two-step floating catchment area method for measuring spatial accessibility to medical clinics in Montreal

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ngui, André Ngamini ^a,b   Apparicio, Philippe ^b  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

health services; medical clinics; Montreal; optimized two step floating catchment area; Spatial accessibility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUEBEC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960066434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-166     Document Type: Article

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