Assessments of health care requirements can be based on need (the number of providers a
population ideally should require) or demand (the number the population can support) …

Primary care is recognized as the most important form of healthcare for maintaining
population health because it is relatively inexpensive, can be more easily delivered than …

Background Quantifying spatial access to care—the interplay of accessibility and availability—
is vital for healthcare planning and understanding implications of services (mal-) distribution …

Ensuring equity of access to primary health care (PHC) across Canada is a continuing
challenge, especially in rural and remote regions. Despite considerable attention recently by …

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

The objectives of this study include conducting an analysis of access to primary medical
care in rural Colorado through simultaneous consideration of primary care physician‐to …

This paper presents two complementary measures of geographic access to medical care in
rural regions that necessitate only modest information inputs on the location of services and …

Objectives Previous studies on geographical disparities in healthcare access have been
limited by not accounting for the healthcare provider's capacity, a key determinant of supply …

Health care accessibility can be measured by the number of prospective patients who could
reach a medical facility within a prescribed time limit. The representation of health care …

Healthy populations and access to health care services are significant factors influencing
economic development and prosperity. Since geographic access is an essential feature of …