Application of Geographic Modeling Techniques to Quantify Spatial Access to Health Services Before and After an Acute Cardiac Event

Robyn Clark, Neil T. Coffee, Dorothy Turner, Kerena Eckert, Deborah van Gaans, David Wilkinson, Simon Stewart, Andrew Tonkin

Circulation · 2012 · 86 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

The Cardiac ARIA index demonstrated substantial inequity in access to cardiac services in Australia. This methodology can be used to inform cardiology health service planning and could be applied to other common disease states within other regions of the world.

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