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Defining rational hospital catchments for non-urban areas based on travel-time

BACKGROUND: Cost containment typically involves rationalizing healthcare service delivery through centralization of services to achieve economies of scale. Hospitals are frequently the chosen site of cost containment and rationalization especially in rural areas. Socio-demographic and geographic cha...

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Autores principales: Schuurman, Nadine, Fiedler, Robert S, Grzybowski, Stefan CW, Grund, Darrin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1617091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17018146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-5-43