Variable catchment sizes for the two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 789-795

  Luo, Wei ^a   Whippo, Tara ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

GIS; Potential spatial accessibility; Primary care physician; Two step floating catchment area method; Variable catchment size

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CATCHMENT; GIS; HEALTH CARE; LOCATION DECISION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; TRAVEL; TWO STEP FLOATING CATCHMENT AREA METHOD; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861933822     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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