 | Urban Hospital Location Subjects: Economics Finance Business & Industry; Geography; Medicine Dentistry Nursing & Allied Health; Social Sciences; Urban Studies; Allied Health; Urban Studies; Urban Sociology - Urban Studies; Cities & Infrastructure; Industry & Industrial Studies; Human Geography; Medicine; Sociology & Social Policy; Civil Service & Public Sector; Urban Geography; Planning - Human Geography; Population Geography; Emergency Medicine; Medical Sociology; Originally published in 1986 Urban Hospital Location examines the rising costs of health care and how the problem of providing a cost-effective and equitable pattern of health services is now a vital issue in many countries. It looks at how location decisions are especially difficult in cities because of the shifting geographical distribution and demographic structure of urban populations. The book shows how the utilisation of health services is strongly influenced by their location and argues that better geographical organisation of health care facilities would contribute significantly to a better and more effective health service. |
