Do alternative spatial healthcare access measures tell the same story?

GeoJournal

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 223-235

  Gautam, Shriniwas ^b   Li, Yingkui ^a   Johnson, Thomas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Hospital access; Relatively underserved; Spatial access

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALS; SURVEYS;

HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; HEALTHCARE ACCESS; POLICY MAKERS; PUBLIC RESOURCES; RELATIVE RANKINGS; RELATIVELY UNDERSERVED; SPATIAL ACCESS; UNDER-SERVED AREAS;

HEALTH CARE;

CENSUS; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION; RANKING;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897025967     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-013-9483-0     Document Type: Article

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