The impact of rural hospital closures on equity of commuting time for haemodialysis patients: simulation analysis using the capacity-distance model

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Matsumoto, Masatoshi ^a   Ogawa, Takahiko ^b   Kashima, Saori ^c   Takeuchi, Keisuke ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Geographic information systems; Japan; Renal dialysis; Rural health; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; COMMUTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TREATMENT; GIS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; RURAL TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JAPAN; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; JAPAN; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84867659890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-11-28     Document Type: Article

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