Healthcare Accessibility

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 71-79

  Humphreys, J S ^a   Smith, K B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; Accessibility; Availability; Delivery; Distance; Equity; Geographic Information System (GIS); Health Care; Health Systems; Primary Care; Proximity; Range; Rural; Spatial Organisation; Threshold

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859210748     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044910-4.00337-0     Document Type: Chapter

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