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LandAs countries develop, the challenge of providing access to the outdoors and nature increases. Consequently, recent environmental justice research has focused on measuring children’s access to parks.
Yuhui Liao, Katsunori Furuya
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Empowering access: unveiling an overall composite spatial accessibility index to healthcare services in Southeastern Iran [PDF]
International Journal for Equity in HealthBackground Access to healthcare is critical for population health; however, geographic barriers persist especially in rural and deprived regions.
Ahmad Raeesi +4 more
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LandThe rational allocation of urban public open spaces (UPOS) is critical for creating a livable urban environment. Traditional Two-Step Floating Catchment Area (2SFCA) models often lack sufficient quantitative analysis regarding the supply of urban public ...
Ling Jian +7 more
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Developing a Novel Surgical Care Access Score for Patients With Osteoarthritis Considering Total Knee Replacement. [PDF]
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)Objective Access to specialized orthopedic care is an important determinant of the decision to undergo total knee replacement (TKR); however, most studies have mainly used distance to the nearest high‐volume hospital as the primary proxy for access.
Ghomrawi HMK +8 more
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Is there an equality in the spatial distribution of urban vitality: A case study of Wuhan in China
Open Geosciences, 2021 Urban vitality is a spatial phenomenon and a public service. Previous studies often did not measure the fairness of the accessibility of urban vitality. This research analyzed the spatial distribution of urban vitality in Wuhan as a case study area using
Ou Guoliang +4 more
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Healthcare accessibility in preconflict Syria: a comparative spatial analysis
BMJ Open, 2022 Introduction There is scarce information about the allocation of health resources in Syria. Pre-existing inequalities were further intensified after the 2011 conflict which displaced over 50% of the population.
Mark N Lurie +3 more
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Heliyon, 2022 With rapid urbanization, contradictions between rapid economic development and a lack of spiritual culture become increasingly complicated. Accessibility is a useful spatial quantitative index to evaluate the spiritual and cultural construction of the city.
Ziliang Zhao +5 more
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Spatial accessibility assessment of homecare workers to the older population in the city of Zurich [PDF]
, 2023 Access to homecare is paramount for the older population wishing not to move to retirement homes. In Zurich, the organization “Spitex Zürich” is the public homecare provider, allowing the older population to experience high-quality life at home through ...
Allahbakhshi, Hoda +3 more
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Geospatial Health, 2023 The issue of reducing spatial disparities is one of the most pressing concerns for policymakers and planners, which consider a crucial focus in planning and public service, especially accessibility to healthcare.
Ahmed Akakba, Belkacem Lahmar
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Comparing GIS-based measures in access to mammography and their validity in predicting neighborhood risk of late-stage breast cancer. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Assessing neighborhood environment in access to mammography remains a challenge when investigating its contextual effect on breast cancer-related outcomes.
Min Lian +2 more
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