Background This paper analyses the relationship between public perceptions of access to
general practitioners (GPs) surgeries and hospitals against health status, car ownership and …

In 2015, the Chinese government implemented referral reform in its hierarchical medical
system by adjusting the reimbursement rules of medical insurance, in order to guide …

The increasing availability of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in health
organisations, together with the proliferation of spatially disaggregate data, has led to a …

Abstract Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is a potentially pathogenic inherited
enzyme abnormality and, similar to other human red blood cell polymorphisms, is …

Introduction: For the past 2400 years, the spatial relationship between health and location
has been a concern for researchers. Studies have been conducted for decades to …

Background The potential spatial access to urban health services is an important issue in
health geography, spatial epidemiology and public health. Computing geographical …

Background Inequalities in geographic access to health care result from the configuration of
facilities, population distribution, and the transportation infrastructure. In recent accessibility …

Background Primary health care is essential in improving and maintaining the health of
populations. It has the potential to accelerate achievement of the Millennium Development …

Medical researches as well as the study of the Earth's surface, better still, geography are
interlinked with each other; their relationship dates from antiquity. The science of …

Urban public health is one of the most critical yet neglected aspects of urban planning in
developing countries such as India. Inequity in access to government healthcare facilities …