Modelling catchment areas for secondary care providers: A case study

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-261

  Jones, Simon ^a   Wardlaw, Jessica ^b   Crouch, Susan ^c   Carolan, Michelle ^c  

^a Centre for Workforce Intelligence   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Dr Foster Intelligence   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment areas; Catchment populations; First Past the Post; Gravity model; Proportional Flow; Providers; Secondary care providers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STATE MEDICINE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 80051883277     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-011-9154-y     Document Type: Article

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