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The reasonable accessibility assessment method is an important basis for the measurement of the level of prehospital emergency medical services. There is no general model for prehospital emergency care in traditional accessibility evaluation, and its supply‐demand characteristics have also been ignored.
Zhaoqing Shen +3 more
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Use of an E2SFCA Method to Measure and Analyse Spatial Accessibility to Medical Services for Elderly People in Wuhan, China [PDF]
Current studies on measuring the accessibility of medical services for the elderly (AMSE) have ignored the potential competition among supply and demand and the distance decay laws. Hence, an enhanced two-step floating catchment area (E2SFCA) method (i.e., the road network-based Gaussian 2SFCA method) is proposed to calculate AMSE scores after ...
Jing Luo +5 more
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Urban greenspace accessibility (UGA) has positive effects on people’s health, well-being, and overall sustainability of urban areas. Existing studies inconsistently use various methods of modeling greenspace accessibility and often focus on specific city contexts.
Breekveldt, B.E., Labib, S.M.
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Examination of spatial accessibility at micro- and macro-levels using the enhanced two-step floating catchment area (E2SFCA) method [PDF]
Floating catchment area (FCA) metrics are a family of measures used to quantify spatial accessibility.
James Bryant, Paul L. Delamater
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Planning of expansion of ICU hospital care in times of Covid-19 using the E2SFCA model
The COVID-19 pandemic has put health systems around the world in check, so governments have arranged different options with the aim of reducing the number of infections, while strengthening the health system through expansion of the UCI offer. This research article evaluates the current ICU supply for every thousand inhabitants in the Manizales ...
Diego A. Escobar +2 more
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An automated approach to enrich OpenStreetMap data on footways [PDF]
Urbanization and the rising global life expectancy are shaping the 21st century, and an increasing number of the older and disabled population is expected, emphasizing the need of developing age-friendly and accessible cities for all.
Pude, Yannik
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Background For achieving equity of the accessibility to primary healthcare, measuring potential geographical accessibility is essential. The provider-to-population ratio is the most frequently used measure.
Takashi Nakamura +4 more
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Accessibility to primary health care in Belgium: an evaluation of policies awarding financial assistance in shortage areas [PDF]
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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Spatial accessibility assessment of homecare workers to the older population in the city of Zurich [PDF]
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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La accesibilidad peatonal de los consultorios adyacentes a farmacias en Hermosillo, México
Objetivo: comparar la accesibilidad peatonal de los consultorios adyacentes a farmacias con la de los consultorios públicos de los centros de salud y con los consultorios privados convencionales de atención primaria en la ciudad de Hermosillo ...
Pablo Alejandro Reyes Castro
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