Variation in geographic access to specialist inpatient hospices in England and Wales

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 832-840

  Gatrell, Anthony C ^a   Wood, D Justin ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Deprivation; Equity; Geographic access; Hospice

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CANCER; CENSUS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; LOCATION DECISION; MORTALITY; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84861956605     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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