Deprivation, Healthcare Accessibility and Satisfaction: Geographical Context and Scale Implications

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 313-332

  Cabrera Barona, Pablo ^a   Blaschke, Thomas ^a   Gaona, Gabriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REGIONAL AMAZÓNICA IKIAM   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Healthcare accessibility; Healthcare satisfaction; Modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP); Neighborhood effects; Uncertain geographic context problem (UGCoP)

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH CARE; INDEX METHOD; MODELING; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC ACCESS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ECUADOR; PICHINCHA; QUITO;

EID: 85014112314     PISSN: 1874463X     EISSN: 18744621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12061-017-9221-y     Document Type: Article

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