Space-Time Cluster Analysis:: Application of Healthcare Service Data in Epidemiological Studies

International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 69-82

  Woodside, Joseph M ^a   Sikder, Iftikhar U ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster Analysis; Healthcare Service Data; Spatial Autocorrelation; Spatial Data

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001610196     PISSN: 15553396     EISSN: 1555340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jhisi.2009071005     Document Type: Article

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