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dc.date.accessioned2017-05-18T17:52:53Z-
dc.date.available2017-05-18T17:52:53Z-
dc.date.issued2014-
dc.identifier.citationVon Brockdorff, P., & Mifsud, D. (2014). Transport by the elderly : comparing use of private and public transport to access out-patient services at Mater Dei Hospital (Malta). Bank of Valletta Review, 49 (summer issue), 21-50.en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/19190-
dc.description.abstractThe main purpose of this study is to analyse modal choice amongst the elderly people in Luqa (Malta) travelling as outpatients to Malta’s general hospital, Mater Dei, and to compare the generalised cost between private and public transport. Modal choice was primarily analysed through questionnaires addressed to a sample of the elderly living in Luqa. As the study dealt with elderly people the value of non-working time was used. The study shows that elderly prefer to use private transport and the main factors affecting their modal choice are car availability, health status, age and some constraints that they encounter when using public transport. The study concludes that with a projected increase in the elderly population in Malta the need for further improvements in the public transport is becoming more pressing.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherBank of Vallettaen_GB
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_GB
dc.subjectOlder people -- Transportation -- Maltaen_GB
dc.subjectHealth services accessibility -- Malta -- Case studiesen_GB
dc.subjectHealth services accessibility -- Maltaen_GB
dc.titleTransport by the elderly : comparing use of private and public transport to access out-patient services at Mater Dei Hospital (Malta)en_GB
dc.typearticleen_GB
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dc.description.reviewedN/Aen_GB
dc.contributor.creatorvon Brockdorff, Philip-
dc.contributor.creatorMifsud, Deborah-
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