How useful are Primary Care Service Areas? Evaluating PCSAs as a tool for measuring Primary Care Practitioner access
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- 作者：Soumya Mazumdara ; b ; soumyamazumdar@yahoo.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Danielle Butlerc ; Nasser Bagheric ; Paul Koningsc ; Federico Girosid ; Xiaoqi Fenge ; Ian McRaec
- 关键词：Primary Care Service Areas ; Postal Areas ; Comparison ; Primary care providers ; Geographical information systems ; Doctor supply
- 刊名：Applied Geography
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：July 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：72
- 期：Complete
- 页码：47-54
- 全文大小：507 K
文摘
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This paper is the first attempt to test the robustness of Primary Care Service Areas.
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Australian Primary Care Service Areas are significantly better than Postal Areas.
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There is some heterogeneity in the ability of Primary Care Service Areas to measure relationships.