Public housing relocations in Atlanta, Georgia, and declines in spatial access to safety net primary care

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1255-1260

  Cooper, Hannah LF ^a   Wodarski, Stephanie ^a   Cummings, Janet ^a   Hunter Jones, Josalin ^a   Karnes, Conny ^a   Ross, Zev ^b   Druss, Ben ^a   Bonney, Loida E ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZEVROSS SPATIAL ANALYSIS   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geospatial measures; HOPE VI; Public housing; Safety net primary care; Spatial access to health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; GRAVITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESIDENT; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATLANTA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CITIES; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HOUSING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84890439752     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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