Measuring geographic access to health care: raster and network-based methods

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Delamater, Paul L ^a   Messina, Joseph P ^a   Shortridge, Ashton M ^a   Grady, Sue C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic accessibility; Health care access; Health services; Limited access areas; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; TRAVEL TIME;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MICHIGAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84860908026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-11-15     Document Type: Article

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