Do More Hospital Beds Lead to Higher Hospitalization Rates? A Spatial Examination of Roemer’s Law

• Paul L. Delamater ,

  * E-mail: delamate@msu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Geography, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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• Joseph P. Messina,

  Affiliation Department of Geography, Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan AgBioResearch, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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• Sue C. Grady,

  Affiliation Department of Geography, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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• Vince WinklerPrins,

  Affiliation Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

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• Ashton M. Shortridge

  Affiliation Department of Geography, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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