Algorithmic hospital catchment area estimation using label propagation
Abstract Background Hospital catchment areas define the primary population of a hospital and are central to assessing the potential demand on that hospital, for example, due to infectious disease outbreaks. Methods We present a novel algorithm, based on label propagation, for estimating hospital cat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-06-01
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| Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08127-7 |