When homogeneity meets heterogeneity: The geographically weighted regression with spatial lag approach to prenatal care utilisation

Geospatial Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 557-568

  Shoff, Carla ^a   Chen, Vivian Yi Ju ^b   Yang, Tse Chuan ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographically weighted regression; Prenatal care; Spatial non stationarity; United States of America

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901619246     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2014.45     Document Type: Article

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