Spatial Access and Local Demand for Major Cancer Care Facilities in the United States

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1125-1134

  Shi, Xun ^a   Alford Teaster, Jennifer ^b   Onega, Tracy ^b   Wang, Dongmei ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; floating catchment area; health care; kernel density estimation; spatial access

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; SPATIAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864568719     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2012.657498     Document Type: Article

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