医疗服务使用方面的一些生态差异。

Bashshur R L, Shannon G W, Metzner C A

Health Serv Res. 1971 Spring;6(1):61-75.

Patterns of travel to medical care facilities are investigated to determine the extent to which a sample of urban residents used the facilities nearest their homes, and to explore some social and location variables associated with their deviation from minimal travel. Distance and direction of travel to various medical facilities by selected residents in the Cleveland metropolitan area are analyzed by education, income, color, sector of residence, and variables pertaining to the basis of choice of facility.

对前往医疗机构的出行模式进行了调查，以确定城市居民样本使用离家最近设施的程度，并探索一些与他们偏离最短行程相关的社会和位置变量。通过教育程度、收入、肤色、居住区域以及与设施选择依据相关的变量，对克利夫兰大都市区选定居民前往各类医疗机构的距离和方向进行了分析。