Abstract Analysis of spatial access to healthcare services is critical for effective health
resource planning. Gravity‐based spatial access models have been widely used to estimate …

Background Healthcare accessibility, a key public health issue, includes potential (spatial
accessibility) and realized access (healthcare utilization) dimensions. Moreover, the …

The floating catchment area (FCA) family of metrics employ principles from gravity-based
models to incorporate supply, demand, and distance in their characterization of the spatial …

This research is focused on methodological challenges and considerations associated with
the estimation of the geographical aspects of access to healthcare with a focus on rural and …

Background Mapping geographical accessibility to health services is essential to improve
access to public health in sub-Saharan Africa. Different methods exist to estimate …

The inequitable geographic distribution of health care resources has long been recognized
as a problem in the United States. Traditional measures, such as a simple ratio of supply to …

Background Reducing spatial access disparities to healthcare services is a growing priority
for healthcare planners especially among developed countries with aging populations …

Reducing the disparities in healthcare access is one of the important goals in healthcare
services and is significant for national health. However, measuring the complexity of access …

Assessing access to healthcare for an entire healthcare system involves accounting for
demand, supply, and geographic variation. In order to capture the interaction between …

Objective: This research compared alternative measures of geographic access to health
care providers using different levels of spatial aggregation (county, zipcode and street) and …