Data Matching to Allocate Doctors to Patients in a Microsimulation Model of the Primary Care Process in New Zealand

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 358-368

  von Randow, Martin ^a   Davis, Peter ^a   Lay Yee, Roy ^a   Pearson, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

data matching; data synthesis; microsimulation; primary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863440303     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439311417153     Document Type: Article

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