A location-based comparison of health care services in four U.S. states with efficiency and equity

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-163

  Burkey, M L ^a   Bhadury, J ^b   Eiselt, H A ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Coverage; Efficiency; Equity; Hospital location

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EQUITY; GIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858437592     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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