Geographical accessibility in assessing bypassing behaviour for inpatient neonatal care, Bungoma County-Kenya [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020 Background Neonatal mortality rate in Kenya continues to be unacceptably high. In reducing newborn deaths, inequality in access to care and quality care have been identified as current barriers.
Ian A. Ocholla +5 more
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Analyzing Disparity in Geographical Accessibility to Home Medical Care Using a Claims Database and Geographical Information System: Simulation Study [PDF]
JMIR AgingBackgroundThe demand for home medical care services has increased in aging societies. Therefore, allocating health care resources optimally to meet the needs of each community is essential.
Yasuhiro Morii +7 more
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Modelling geographical accessibility to support disaster response and rehabilitation of a healthcare system: an impact analysis of Cyclones Idai and Kenneth in Mozambique [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2020 Objectives Modelling and assessing the loss of geographical accessibility is key to support disaster response and rehabilitation of the healthcare system.
Nicolas Ray +4 more
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Measuring the availability and geographical accessibility of maternal health services across sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
BMC Medicine, 2020 Background With universal health coverage a key component of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, targeted monitoring is crucial for reducing inequalities in the provision of services.
A. S. Wigley +8 more
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Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 2019 Introduction: A significant proportion of secondary school students and young adults in Quebec have experimented with electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes).
Éric Robitaille +2 more
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The effect of the relief factor on the (main) transport network In Al Sulaymaniyah province [PDF]
مجلة جامعة الأنبار للعلوم الإنسانية, 2021 The natural factors have an impact on transportation network, especially the relief factor and the topographical nature of the region, which is reflected in the accessibility the various district centers in the Sulaymaniyah province , as well as the ...
Samah Alwan
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Geographical accessibility to the hemodialysis centers in Ardabil, Iran [PDF]
Journal of Nephropharmacology, 2022 Introduction: Hemodialysis patients should receive hemodialysis three times per week and 140- 160 times annually. The financial and temporal costs of continuing travel to hemodialysis centers affect the type of vascular access, treatment coherence ...
Maryam Ahmadi +7 more
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Equity of geographical access to public health facilities in Nepal
BMJ Global Health, 2021 Introduction Geographical accessibility is important against health equity, particularly for less developed countries as Nepal. It is important to identify the disparities in geographical accessibility to the three levels of public health facilities ...
Dong Roman Xu +5 more
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Buildings, 2022 The main objective of the research consists of quantifying the degree of sustainability of the city of Cáceres in terms of the inhabitant’s accessibility to public services through the use of GIS tools and urban indicators, taking into account two areas ...
Montaña Jiménez-Espada +2 more
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Accessibility of islands: towards a new geography based on transportation modes and choices [PDF]
Island Studies Journal, 2014 Accessibility is a multifaceted concept that expresses the case of access between two points in space. For islands, accessibility is a key quality, since isolation and small size considered as inherent characteristics of “islandness”.
Sofia Karampela +2 more
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