Assessing spatial access to public and private hospitals in Sichuan, China: The influence of the private sector on the healthcare geography in China

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue , 2016, Pages 35-45

  Pan, Jay ^a   Zhao, Hanqing ^b   Wang, Xiuli ^a   Shi, Xun ^c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Health planning; Hospital care; Private hospitals; Public hospitals; Spatial access

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PRIVATE SECTOR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CATCHMENT; CHINA; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPONSIBILITY; RURAL AREA; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; SICHUAN;

CHINA; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 84991705985     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.09.042     Document Type: Article

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