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Optimal Emergency Response Shelter Placement based on Population Vulnerabilities [PDF]
, 2020 Hurricane Florence was a category 4 storm which caused an estimated $24 billion in damages and the loss of 53 lives. During and immediately following Florence, there were 235 shelters operating in and around the North Carolina (NC) area.
Johnson, Alexander
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Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, Volume 53, Issue 1, Page 117-124, February 2025.ABSTRACT Objective To identify vulnerable areas and populations with limited access to dental care in Virginia, the study aimed (1) to calculate travel time and accessibility scores to dental care in Virginia using a transit‐based accessibility model for all dental clinics and dental clinics participating in the Medicaid dental program and (2) to ...
Junghwan Kim +6 more
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Catchment Area Analysis Using Bayesian Regression Modeling [PDF]
, 2015 A catchment area (CA) is the geographic area and population from which a cancer center draws patients. Defining a CA allows a cancer center to describe its primary patient population and assess how well it meets the needs of cancer patients within the CA.
Wang, Aobo, Wheeler, David C.
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Challenges to National Defence in Contemporary Geopolitical SituationThe purpose of this article is to develop mathematical-geographical model to study the accessibility of fields hospitals along a frontline based on 2SFCA methodology. Invented P2SFCA model compares destinations proportionally and customizes the distance decay function for the needs of wounded soldiers.
null Jan JEKL, null Jiří JÁNSKÝ
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Transactions in GIS, Volume 28, Issue 7, Page 2157-2179, November 2024.Abstract The effective deployment of medical emergency equipment, such as automated external defibrillator (AED), is essential to myocardial infarction (MI) patients. However, there are shortcomings in current studies that simultaneously consider the risk of MI and the availability of medical resources when siting the AEDs.
Yao Yao +11 more
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Geospatial Health, 2018 End-stage renal disease patients regularly need haemodialysis three times a week. Their poor access to haemodialysis facilities is significantly associated with a high mortality rate.
Behzad Kiani +5 more
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The shortage-surplus paradox : a literature review of primary health care accessibility [PDF]
, 2013 The National Primary Health Care Strategy in Australia recommends primary health care services need to be clinically and culturally appropriate and delivered in a timely and affordable manner.
Hannah, Chona +3 more
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Geographical Analysis, Volume 56, Issue 4, Page 651-677, October 2024.The lack of comprehensive spatial data for neighbourhoods in cities in the global South has posed a significant challenge for examining socio‐economic inequities in accessibility to services. By combining the primary (survey data) and secondary data sources with new spatial data sources (Earth observation data, Google Maps), we create a spatial ...
Aviral Marwal, Elisabete A. Silva
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Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2016 Introducción. En Bogotá se desconoce el acceso que los habitantes tienen a los diferentes servicios de salud, lo que dificulta la planeación de las estrategias de prevención. Objetivo.
Stefany Monsalve +3 more
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Transportation Research Procedia, 2016 Abstract Spatial isolation of the villages from health facilities is a concern in rural areas. Quantifying accessibility to health care helps in interpreting the performance of health care system in a region. Thus in this paper a technique named two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method was used to measure level of accessibility.
Kanuganti, Shalini +2 more
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