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The distance behavior of hospital patients: A disaggregated analysis

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Regional health systems planning implicitly incorporates information about the distance behavior of hospital patients, in specifying hospital catchment areas, service-specific catchment areas and levels of centralization. Distance behavior of patients varies depending on their particular diagnoses and on the treatment and diagnostic procedure(s). In this study, a variety of procedures, ranging from those which are routine to those which are highly specialized, are analyzed within the framework of distance behavior. Regionalization of selected services will, by definition, affect distance behavior.

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  • Mayer, Jonathan D., 1983. "The distance behavior of hospital patients: A disaggregated analysis," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 17(12), pages 819-827, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:17:y:1983:i:12:p:819-827
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    1. Simon Jones & Jessica Wardlaw & Susan Crouch & Michelle Carolan, 2011. "Modelling catchment areas for secondary care providers: a case study," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 14(3), pages 253-261, September.
    2. Lin, Swu-Jane & Crawford, Stephanie Y. & Warren Salmon, J., 2005. "Potential access and revealed access to pain management medications," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 60(8), pages 1881-1891, April.
    3. Hanlon, Neil & Skedgel, Chris, 2006. "Cross-district utilization of general hospital care in Nova Scotia: Policy and service delivery implications for rural districts," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 62(1), pages 145-156, January.
    4. Wojciech Kisiała & Izabela Rącka & Katarzyna Suszyńska, 2022. "Population Access to Hospital Emergency Departments: The Spatial Analysis in Public Health Research," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(3), pages 1-15, January.
    5. Ge Lin & Diane E Allan & Margaret J Penning, 2002. "Examining Distance Effects on Hospitalizations Using GIS: A Study of Three Health Regions in British Columbia, Canada," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 34(11), pages 2037-2053, November.

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