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Optimizing the two-step floating catchment area method for measuring spatial accessibility to medical clinics in Montreal [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2011 Background Reducing spatial access disparities to healthcare services is a growing priority for healthcare planners especially among developed countries with aging populations.
Ngui André, Apparicio Philippe
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Digital divides in telehealth accessibility for cancer care in the United States [PDF]
npj Digital MedicineTelehealth has been promoted as a solution to spatial healthcare access barriers, yet its role in addressing cancer care disparities remains uncertain, particularly in the context of digital divides in broadband availability and affordability. This study
Lingbo Liu +7 more
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Trap of weights: The reuse of weights in the floating catchment area (FCA) methods to measuring accessibility. [PDF]
F1000Res, 2021 Background: Geographic weights are vital in the floating catchment area (FCA) method of accessibility measurements due to their simulation of spatial barriers in various ways. When modelling population demand, geographical weights with different distance decay coefficients can reflect diverse distance tolerances in facility utilization and could lead ...
Zhang L.
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GEOGRAPHIC ACCESSIBILITY ANALYSIS USING THE E2SFCA MODEL IN HOSPITALS LOCATED IN ARMENIA, QUINDÍO [PDF]
Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites, 2023 This research applies the Enhanced Two-step Floating Catchment Area method to determine the accessibility conditions of to the health care network in an intermediate Colombian city. This research aims to evaluate the medical personnel supply concerning
Johnatan Estik BARRÍOS +2 more
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Two-Step Floating Catchment Area Model-Based Evaluation of Community Care Facilities' Spatial Accessibility in Xi'an, China. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020 Due to the rapid increase in the number of elderly people in Chinese cities, the development and planning of aged care facilities, and particularly community care facilities, which will gradually become the mainstream choice for the elderly in China, is becoming an important topic for urban sustainability.
Liu S, Wang Y, Zhou D, Kang Y.
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Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 2023 While the extant literature has established that transgender people face significant barriers to accessing healthcare, no studies to date have offered an explicitly spatial analysis of their access to trans-specific care. This study aims to fill that gap by providing a spatial analysis of access to gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) using Texas as
A. Everhart, L. Ferguson, J. P. Wilson
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An adapted two-step floating catchment area method accounting for urban-rural differences in spatial access to pharmacies. [PDF]
J Pharm Health Serv Res, 2021 Abstract 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 ...
Zhou Y +6 more
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2022 In order to access the spatial accessibility of emergency shelters, the relationship between the supply and demand of emergency shelters in the two dimensions of space and non-space must be comprehensively considered. Meanwhile, it is vital to understand
Zilin Ding +5 more
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Geographic access to COVID-19 healthcare in Brazil using a balanced float catchment area approach [PDF]
Social Science & Medicine, 2020 AbstractThe rapid spread of the new coronavirus across the world has raised concerns about the responsiveness of cities and healthcare systems during pandemics. Recent studies try to model how the number of COVID-19 infections will likely grow and impact the demand for hospitalization services at national and regional levels.
Rafael H. M. Pereira +6 more
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