… We used a floating catchment area method to measure spatial GP accessibility with
regard to the degree of urbanization, social deprivation, general health, and disability. …

… of spatial accessibility at a much finer spatial resolution compared to population-to-provider
ratios, thereby significantly advancing the measurement of spatial accessibility particularly …

… catchment area (2SFCA) method continues to be a popular measure of spatial accessibility,
… utilisation of only a single catchment size within a small geographic area. This limitation is …

… catchment area (2SFCA) method has emerged in the last decade as a key measure of
spatial accessibility… measure of spatial accessibility, the two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) …

… Catchment area in this study refers to dissemination area, the smallest spatial unit used by
… In the conventional method of the 2SFCA, the total population of each catchment area is …

… the spatial access to primary care physicians in a study area in northern Illinois, we find that
it reveals spatial accessibility … more spatially explicit health professional shortage areas. It is …

… A three-step floating catchment area method for analyzing spatial access to health
services. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 26 (6), 1073–1089. …

… Taking Nanjing as a study area, we implemented an estimate of the spatial accessibility of …
The SGa2SFCA method is the most popular method for calculating spatial accessibility in the …

… Availability (number of health care providers) and accessibility (the distance/time … “spatial
accessibility” [5]. In this paper we focused on the measurement of potential spatial accessibility (…

… The floating catchment area (FCA) family of metrics employ … in their characterization of the
spatial accessibility of health care … First, the Three Step Floating Catchment Area is critically …