Using gini-style indices to evaluate the spatial patterns of health practitioners: Theoretical considerations and an application based on Alberta data

Social Science and Medicine - Tập 38 Số 9 - Trang 1243-1256 - 1994
Malcolm C. Brown1
1Department of Economics, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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