title: Vector resolution: a new tool in health planning.
abstract: Vector resolution represents a new method for analyzing consumer data and comparing patterns for a variety of consumer services. The vectors are derived from a measurement of frequency of use and a geographic direction from the origin of the group to the point of service. Although the data presented were drawn from a probability sample survey of southern Utah rural households, the methodology may be readily applied to data derived from a variety of sources.
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003132:Commerce; D003710:Demography; D005843:Geography; D006285:Health Planning; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009042:Motivation; D012423:Rural Health; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014589:Utah