The effect of centralization of health care services on travel time and its equality

Daisuke Kobayashi, Tetsuya Otsubo and Yuichi Imanaka

Health Policy, 2015, vol. 119, issue 3, 298-306

Abstract: To analyze the regional variations in travel time between patient residences and medical facilities for the treatment of ischemic heart disease and breast cancer, and to simulate the effects of health care services centralization on travel time and equality of access.

Keywords: Health care access; Travel time; Regional variations; Gini coefficient (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.11.008

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