Factors Influencing Distances Traveled to Hospitals
Economic GeographyPublished 1 April 1970
Richard L. Morrill, Robert Earickson, Philip Rees
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The travel impact of the fact that in most cases the patient's physician, not the patient, chooses the hospital is explored, and the effect of racial, religious, and income variations on the hospital trip is discussed.
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(1970). Factors Influencing Distances Traveled to Hospitals. Economic Geography: Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 161-171.
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Health ProfessionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
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