Inequality of public health and its role in spatial accessibility to medical facilities in China

Applied Geography

Volumn 92, Issue , 2018, Pages 50-62

  Yin, Chaohui ^a   He, Qingsong ^a   Liu, Yanfang ^a   Chen, Weiqiang ^b   Gao, Yuan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; GWR; Inequality; Medical facilities; Spatial accessibility; Theil index

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMPLEX TERRAIN; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEALTH SERVICES; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SERVICE PROVISION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 85041469433     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.01.011     Document Type: Article

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