Spatial accessibility of primary health care utilising the two step floating catchment area method: An assessment of recent improvements

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  McGrail, Matthew R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b Centre of Research Excellence in Rural and Remote Primary Health Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Medical geography; Primary health care; Rural health; Service catchments; Spatial accessibility

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METROPOLITAN AREA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC ACCESS; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84869023195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-11-50     Document Type: Article

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