Spatial error in geocoding physician location data from the AMA Physician Masterfile: Implications for spatial accessibility analysis

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-38

  McLafferty, Sara ^a   Freeman, Vincent L ^b   Barrett, Richard E ^b   Luo, Lan ^c   Shockley, Alisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Blue Health Intelligence   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; AMA Masterfile; Geocoding; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL ERROR; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; CHICAGO; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859216064     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: 18775853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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