Geographical Accessibility of Pediatric Inpatient, Nephrology, and Urology Services in Europe [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2020 Background: Although many children with diseases of the kidneys and the urinary tract may not tolerate long journeys, the number of facilities that provide specialized care for these patients is limited.
Nicolas Terliesner +9 more
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Accessibility of tourism space from a geographical perspective [PDF]
Tourism, 2014 The accessibility of tourism space is becoming an increasingly significant issue in geographical research due to, amongst other things, demographic changes (an ageing population, growing numbers of people with disabilities) alongside guaranteeing a ...
Alina Zajadacz
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Optimising geographical accessibility to primary health care: a geospatial analysis of community health posts and community health workers in Niger [PDF]
BMJ Global Health, 2021 Background Little is known about the contribution of community health posts and community health workers (CHWs) to geographical accessibility of primary healthcare (PHC) services at community level and strategies for optimising geographical accessibility
Tanya Doherty +12 more
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Geographical accessibility of medicines: a systematic literature review of pharmacy mapping [PDF]
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2021 Background Measuring access to medicines has often been limited to assessing availability and affordability, while little is known regarding other dimensions of access including geographical accessibility. Our study aims to provide a systematic review of
Cindrel Tharumia Jagadeesan +1 more
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Optimising availability and geographical accessibility to emergency obstetric care within a sub-national social health insurance scheme in Nigeria [PDF]
Frontiers in Health ServicesIntroductionHealth insurance is a key instrument for a health system on its path to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and protects individuals from catastrophic health expenditures, especially in health emergencies.
Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas +8 more
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The winding road to health: A systematic scoping review on the effect of geographical accessibility to health care on infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 BackgroundGeographical accessibility to healthcare is an important component of infectious disease dynamics. Timely access to health facilities can prevent disease progression and enables disease notification through surveillance systems.
Fleur Hierink +3 more
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Spatial profiling of geographical accessibility to maternal healthcare and coverage of maternal health service utilisation in Nepal: a geospatial analysis based on demographic and health survey [PDF]
BMJ Global HealthBackground Information on geographical accessibility to maternal healthcare (MHC) and coverage of maternal health service utilisation at high spatial resolution in Nepal are important for evidence-based health planning.Methods Based on the Nepal Health ...
Li Wang +7 more
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Modelling geographical accessibility to urban centres in Kenya in 2019. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 BackgroundAccess to major services, often located in urban centres, is key to the realisation of numerous Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In Kenya, there are no up-to-date and localised estimates of spatial access to urban centres.
Peter M Macharia +2 more
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Pentavalent vaccination in Kenya: coverage and geographical accessibility to health facilities using data from a community demographic and health surveillance system in Kilifi County [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2022 Background There is substantial evidence that immunization is one of the most significant and cost-effective pillars of preventive and promotive health interventions.
Morris Ogero +8 more
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Big data in modelling geographical accessibility to healthcare: a scoping review protocol [PDF]
BMJ OpenIntroduction Research on modelling geographical accessibility to healthcare services has witnessed rapid methodological advancement and refinement. One of the contributing factors is the increasing availability of big data detailing the link between the ...
Lenka Benova +7 more
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