Assessing the spatial accessibility of hospital care in Sichuan Province, China

Geospatial Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 261-270

  Pan, Jay ^a   Liu, Huiran ^a   Wang, Xiuli ^a   Xie, Hongmei ^a   Delamater, Paul L ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Enhanced two step floating catchment area method; Hospital care; Spatial accessibility

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; PATH ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAVEL;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHINA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84948959225     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2015.384     Document Type: Article

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