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Comparison of distance measures in spatial analytical modeling for health service planning

BACKGROUND: Several methodological approaches have been used to estimate distance in health service research. In this study, focusing on cardiac catheterization services, Euclidean, Manhattan, and the less widely known Minkowski distance metrics are used to estimate distances from patient residence...

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Autores principales: Shahid, Rizwan, Bertazzon, Stefania, Knudtson, Merril L, Ghali, William A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2781002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19895692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-9-200