1. Introduction: Geographic Information Systems in Public Health and Medicine

   • Ross M. Mullner
   • Kyusuk Chung
   • Edward K. Mensah

   Introduction Pages: 215 - 221

2. Analyzing Geographic Patterns of Disease Incidence: Rates of Late-Stage Colorectal Cancer in Iowa

   • Gerard Rushton
   • Ika Peleg
   • Michele West

   OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 236

3. Spatial Clusters of Cancers in Illinois 1986–2000

   • Fahui Wang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 256

4. Using GIS in Government: An Overview of the VHA's Healthcare Atlas, FY-2000

   • Diane Cowper
   • W. Yu
   • Bruce A. Ripley

   OriginalPaper Pages: 257 - 269

5. Using GIS to Profile Health-Care Costs of VA Quality-Enhancement Research Initiative Diseases

   • Wei Yu
   • Diane Cowper
   • Larry Manheim

   OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 285

6. Temporal Changes of Access to Primary Health Care in Illinois (1990–2000) and Policy Implications

   • Wei Luo
   • Fahui Wang
   • Carolinda Douglass

   OriginalPaper Pages: 287 - 299

7. Access to Community Pharmacies by the Elderly in Illinois: A Geographic Information Systems Analysis

   • Swu-Jane Lin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 301 - 309

8. Using GIS to Monitor Emergency Room Use in a Large Urban Hospital in Chicago

   • Edward Rafalski
   • Leslie Zun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 319

9. Prenatal Care Need and Access: A GIS Analysis

   • Sara McLafferty
   • Sue Grady

   OriginalPaper Pages: 321 - 333