Two simple methods of spatial analysis and their applications in location-oriented health services research

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ID11030487
AutoresAbdullah A Khan (autor correspondente)
Ano1986
Volume76
Fascículo10
Páginas1207-1209
Data de publicação1986-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.76.10.1207
PMID3752321
OpenAlexW1978560584
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas10

This paper illustrates the usefulness of cartographic and centrographic methods in examining the locational characteristics of health care resources, such as specialist physicians' offices. Cartographic analysis involving map comparisons not only describes the nature of particular spatial patterns, but it also suggests relevant hypotheses on the basis of observed locational relationships among the mapped phenomena. Centrographic analysis generally substantiates the findings of simple map analysis by providing certain objective quantitative measures regarding the basic characteristics of a point distribution; additionally, it generates a graphic summary, the Standard Deviational Ellipse (SDE), which offers a convenient means for direct comparison of multiple spatial patterns. The essentially complementary nature of the two methods is highlighted, and it is concluded that they are most useful when used in conjunction with one another

Cartography · Conjunction (astronomy) · Data mining · Data science · Ellipse · Epistemology · Geography · Operations research · Point (geometry) · Simple (philosophy) · Computer Science · Diverse Academic Research Areas · Mathematics