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 …

A scoping review of the barriers and facilitators to accessing and utilising mental health services across regional, rural, and remote Australia

BE Kavanagh, KB Corney, H Beks, LJ Williams… - BMC Health Services …, 2023 - Springer
Background Inadequate healthcare access and utilisation are implicated in the mental
health burden experienced by those living in regional, rural, and remote Australia …

[HTML][HTML] Current Status of Tertiary Healthcare Services and Its Accessibility in Rural and Remote Australia: A Systematic Review

M Baazeem, E Kruger, M Tennant - Health Sciences Review, 2024 - Elsevier
The study evaluated the current state and accessibility of tertiary healthcare services in rural
Australia. A systematic literature review from 2010 to 2022 was undertaken, utilising …

Quality appraisal of spatial epidemiology and health geography research: A scoping review of systematic reviews

SM Wood, L Alston, H Beks, K Mc Namara, NT Coffee… - Health & Place, 2023 - Elsevier
A scoping review of peer-reviewed literature was conducted to understand how systematic
reviews assess the methodological quality of spatial epidemiology and health geography …

Spatial accessibility and inequality analysis of rabies-exposed patients to rabies post-exposure prophylaxis clinics in Guangzhou City, China

J Zhao, M Luo, X Tan, Z Zhu, M Zhang, J Liu… - International Journal for …, 2024 - Springer
Background The incidence of rabies exposure is high and increasing in China, leading to an
urgent demand of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) clinics for the injured. However …

Proximity to city centre and cardiometabolic risk in middle-aged and older Australians: Mediating roles of physically active and sedentary travel

CY Lin, N Hadgraft, N Owen, T Sugiyama… - Journal of Transport & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Research has demonstrated the relationships between living in peri-urban
areas and cardiometabolic risk. However, little is known about what types of travel …

Advancing Urban Healthcare Equity Analysis: Integrating Public Participation GIS with Fuzzy Best–Worst Decision-Making

ZN Samani, AA Alesheikh, M Karimi, NN Samany… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study provides an innovative collaborative spatial decision support system (SDSS) that
aims to ensure an equitable spatial distribution of healthcare services. Evaluating the …

Spatial methods for measuring access to health care

H Beks, SM Wood, RA Clark… - European Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Access to health care is a universal human right and key indicator of health system
performance. Spatial access encompasses geographic factors mediating with the …

Measuring Mental Health Service Accessibility for Indigenous Populations: a Systematic Review

L Zhang, XY Hou, Y Liu - Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2024 - Springer
Indigenous populations have experienced inequality of accessing mental health services
compared with their non-Indigenous counterparts, although the way of measuring mental …

Decentralised clinical trials in rural Australia: Opportunities and challenges

S Walsh, P Dettwiller, L Puah… - … journal of rural …, 2024 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aims To present opportunities and a model to redress the under-representation of rural
communities and people in Australian clinical trials. Context Clinical trials are essential for …