Burkey, M.L.; Bhadury, J.; Eiselt, H.A. - In: Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 46 (2012) 2, pp. 157-163
This paper examines the efficiency and equality in geographic accessibility provided by hospitals. We use the criteria efficiency, availability of the service, and equality. Quantitative measures are defined for all criteria, and are measured using a geographical information system. We then...