Assessing potential spatial accessibility of health services in rural China: A case study of Donghai county

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hu, Ruishan ^a,b   Dong, Suocheng ^a   Zhao, Yonghong ^c   Hu, Hao ^d   Li, Zehong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c XI'AN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Donghai county; E2SFCA; Potential spatial accessibility of health services; Shortest travel times; Villages

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; HEALTH SERVICES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC ACCESS; TRAVEL TIME; VILLAGE;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHINA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; TRAFFIC; TRAVEL;

CHINA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

CHINA; DONGHAI [JIANGSU]; JIANGSU;

EID: 84877861391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-35     Document Type: Article

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