Potential accessibility scores for hospital care in a province of Japan: GIS-based ecological study of the two-step floating catchment area method and the number of neighborhood hospitals

Potential accessibility scores for hospital care in a province of Japan: GIS-based ecological study of the two-step floating catchment area method and the number of neighborhood hospitals

Abstract 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. However, it is difficult to be used in closer region because it does not take into c...

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Main Authors: Takashi Nakamura, Akihisa Nakamura, Kengo Mukuda, Masanori Harada, Kazuhiko Kotani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Potential accessibility
Two-step floating catchment area method
Geographical information system
Distance decay
General practice
Medically underserved area
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-017-2367-0

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