Spatial inequity in access to healthcare facilities at a county level in a developing country: A case study of Deqing County, Zhejiang, China

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jin, Cheng ^a   Cheng, Jianquan ^b   Lu, Yuqi ^a   Huang, Zhenfang ^a   Cao, Fangdong ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; DATA SET; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PATH ANALYSIS; PUBLIC ACCESS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAVEL TIME;

AGING; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL BUILDING; HUMAN; LEAST COST PATH ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL INEQUITY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RURAL POPULATION;

CHINA; DEQING; ZHEJIANG;

CHINA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84939449450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-015-0195-6     Document Type: Article

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