Distance to hospital and utilization of surgical services in Haiti: Do children, delivering mothers, and patients with emergent surgical conditions experience greater geographical barriers to surgical care?

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 248-256

  Friedman, James M ^a,b   Hagander, Lars ^a,b,c   Hughes, Christopher D ^a,b   Nash, Katherine A ^d   Linden, Allison F ^a,b,f   Blossom, Jeff ^e   Meara, John G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Geographic accessibility; Geographic Information Systems; Haiti; Surgical utilization

Indexed keywords

GIS; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; REGIONAL PATTERN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA;

HAITI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARRIERS TO CARE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ACCESSIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BARRIERS TO CARE; GEOGRAPHIC ACCESSIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAITI; SURGICAL UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAITI; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RECORDS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84881310635     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2134     Document Type: Article

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