Accessibility, equity and health care: review and research directions for transport geographers

T Neutens - Journal of Transport Geography, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Research at the confluence of accessibility, equity and health is flourishing. And yet, there is
only slow and modest progress in terms of improving the spatial and temporal accuracy of …

Gravity models for potential spatial healthcare access measurement: a systematic methodological review

B Stacherl, O Sauzet - International Journal of Health Geographics, 2023‏ - Springer
Background Quantifying spatial access to care—the interplay of accessibility and availability—
is vital for healthcare planning and understanding implications of services (mal-) distribution …

Examining geographical accessibility to multi-tier hospital care services for the elderly: A focus on spatial equity

L Cheng, M Yang, J De Vos, F Witlox - Journal of Transport & Health, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Background With the rapid demographic shift towards an ageing society, it is a concerted
effort to facilitate elderly's access to healthcare in order to maintain and improve their quality …

An enhanced two-step floating catchment area (E2SFCA) method for measuring spatial accessibility to primary care physicians

W Luo, Y Qi - Health & place, 2009‏ - Elsevier
This paper presents an enhancement of the two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA)
method for measuring spatial accessibility, addressing the problem of uniform access within …

A three-step floating catchment area method for analyzing spatial access to health services

N Wan, B Zou, T Sternberg - International Journal of Geographical …, 2012‏ - Taylor & Francis
Gravity-based spatial access models have been widely used to estimate spatial access to
healthcare services in an attempt to capture the interaction of various factors. However …

Examining equity in accessibility to multi-tier healthcare services across different income households using estimated travel time

T **, L Cheng, K Wang, J Cao, H Huang, F Witlox - Transport Policy, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Accessibility equity is a critical factor in develo** equitable and sustainable communities.
Although numerous studies have analyzed accessibility inequity, few of them examined inter …

[کتاب][B] GIS and public health

EK Cromley, SL McLafferty - 2011‏ - books.google.com
Authoritative and comprehensive, this is the leading text and professional resource on using
geographic information systems (GIS) to analyze and address public health problems. Basic …

Measuring spatial accessibility to healthcare for populations with multiple transportation modes

L Mao, D Nekorchuk - Health & place, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Few measures of healthcare accessibility have considered multiple transportation modes
when people seek healthcare. Based on the framework of the 2 Step Floating Catchment …

Inequality of public health and its role in spatial accessibility to medical facilities in China

C Yin, Q He, Y Liu, W Chen, Y Gao - Applied Geography, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Due to the close links between quality of life standards and level of regional development, it
is important to gain an improved understanding of the factors that contribute to unequal …

Spatial accessibility of primary health care utilising the two step floating catchment area method: an assessment of recent improvements

MR McGrail - International journal of health geographics, 2012‏ - Springer
Background The two step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method has emerged in the last
decade as a key measure of spatial accessibility, particularly in its application to primary …