Spatial difference analysis for accessibility to high level hospitals based on travel time in Shenzhen, China

Habitat International

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 485-494

  Cheng, Gang ^a,b,c   Zeng, Xiankai ^a,b   Duan, Lian ^b   Lu, Xiaoping ^a   Sun, Huichao ^a,b   Jiang, Tao ^a,b   Li, Yuli ^a,b  

^a HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGXI TEACHERS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INFORMATION ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

High level hospitals; KD2SFCA; Shenzhen; Spatial accessibility; Spatial autocorrelation analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AUTOCORRELATION; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; LOCATION-ALLOCATION MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN;

EID: 84954158992     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.12.023     Document Type: Article

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