Health Service Areas for the United States

Overview

Journal Vital Health Stat 2

Date 1991 Nov 1

PMID 1808847

Citations 36

Authors

D M Makuc

B Haglund

D D Ingram

J C Kleinman

J J Feldman

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Abstract

The objectives of this report are to document methods used to identify health service areas for the United States and to describe and evaluate these areas. A health service area is defined as one or more counties that are relatively self-contained with respect to the provision of routine hospital care. Service areas that include more than one county are characterized by travel between the counties for routine hospital care.

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