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Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, 2021 Objective To adapt the two-step floating catchment area approach to account for urban-rural differences in pharmacy access in the United States. Methods The urban-rural two-step floating catchment area method was described mathematically.
Yuhong Zhou +6 more
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) resulted in school closures and contingencies across the U.S. that limited access to school meals for students. While some schools attempted to provide alternative meal access points where students or parents could pick up meals ...
Jason Jabbari +7 more
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Planning for Maternity Waiting Home Bed Capacity: Lessons from Rural Zambia
Annals of Global Health, 2022 Background: Maternity waiting homes (MWH) allow pregnant women to stay in a residential facility close to a health center while awaiting delivery. This approach can improve health outcomes for women and children.
Taryn Vian +10 more
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2021 Background There are only limited studies on access to COVID-19 vaccines and identifying the most appropriate health centres for performing vaccination in metropolitan areas.
A. Mohammadi +3 more
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Archives of Public Health, 2021 Background Poor spatial accessibility to hospital services is associated with higher morbidity and mortality rates among people living with disability. Improved methods to evaluate spatial accessibility are needed.
Behzad Kiani +3 more
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Factors influencing patients’ choice of clinic at Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2021 Background: In South Africa, patients are meant to attend the clinic close to their place of residence. However, patients often choose which clinic to attend, which results in overcrowding. Aim: This study aimed to investigate the structural and process
Zethembiso C. Hlongwa, Saajida Mahomed
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BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Optimal healthcare access improves the health status and decreases health inequalities. Many studies demonstrated the importance of spatial access to healthcare facilities in health outcomes, particularly using the enhanced two-step floating catchment ...
F. Gao, M. Jaffrelot, S. Deguen
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Accessibility to primary health care in Belgium: an evaluation of policies awarding financial assistance in shortage areas [PDF]
, 2013 Background: In many countries, financial assistance is awarded to physicians who settle in an area that is designated as a shortage area to prevent unequal accessibility to primary health care.
De Weerdt, Yves +3 more
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Population Health Metrics, 2020 Background Linking facility and household surveys through geographic methods is a popular technique to draw conclusions about the relationship between health services and population health outcomes at local levels.
Michael A. Peters +4 more
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International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2018 Due to restrictions on personnel availability, the service capacity at a health facility may vary day to day based on an established schedule. This temporal variability influences a user's choice set, modifying their possible choices.
Juel Paul, E. Edwards
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