Measuring Relationships between Doctor Densities and Patient Visits: A Dog’s Breakfast of Small Area Health Geographies

Soumya Mazumdar1, Nasser Bagheri2, Paul Konings2, Shanley Chong1, Bin Jalaudin1, Federico Girosi3, Ian McRae2
1Population Health Intelligence Group, Healthy People and Places Unit, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, Australia
2College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, Acton, Australia
3Centre for Health Research, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia

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