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 …

Background Primary health care (PHC) encompasses an array of health and social services
that focus on preventative, diagnostic, and basic care measures to maintain wellbeing and …

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) …

Ensuring everyone has access to health care regardless of demographic, geographic and
social economic status is a key component of universal health coverage. In sub-Saharan …

Background Urban environments can influence many aspects of health and well-being and
access to health care is one of them. Access to primary health care (PHC) in urban settings …

The general practitioner is the key element within most rural health care delivery systems,
virtually controlling referal to higher levels of care as well as providing basic care. In …

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 …

Poor spatial access to health care remains a key issue for rural populations worldwide.
Whilst geographic information systems (GIS) have enabled the development of more …

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 …

Background In many countries, financial assistance is awarded to physicians who settle in
an area that is designated as a shortage area to prevent unequal accessibility to primary …