A commuter-based two-step floating catchment area method for measuring spatial accessibility of daycare centers

Health and Place

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 65-73

  Fransen, Koos ^a   Neutens, Tijs ^a   De Maeyer, Philippe ^a   Deruyter, Greet ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Daycare center; GIS; Two step floating catchment area method

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUTING; GIS; HEALTH CARE; NUMERICAL METHOD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CALCULATION; COMMUTER BASED TWO STEP FLOATING CATCHMENT AREA METHOD; DAY CARE; ETHNOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

BELGIUM; EAST FLANDERS;

BELGIUM; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84921886052     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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