Is the closest facility the one actually used? An assessment of travel time estimation based on mammography facilities

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Alford Teaster, Jennifer ^a,b   Lange, Jane M ^c   Hubbard, Rebecca A ^d   Lee, Christoph I ^e,f   Haas, Jennifer S ^g   Shi, Xun ^h   Carlos, Heather A ^b   Henderson, Louise ⁱ   Hill, Deirdre ^j   Tosteson, Anna N A ^a   Onega, Tracy ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; TRAVEL TIME; WOMENS HEALTH;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958212161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12942-016-0039-7     Document Type: Article

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