Executive summary Although health outcomes have improved in low-income and middle-
income countries (LMICs) in the past several decades, a new reality is at hand. Changing …

Spatial accessibility provides significant policy implications, describing the spatial disparity
of access and supporting the decision-making process for placing additional infrastructure at …

Background The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), causing
the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, has infected millions of people and …

Population demand, healthcare resourcing, and transportation linkage are considered as
major determinants of spatial access to health care. Temporal changes of the 3 determinants …

The two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method continues to be a popular measure of
spatial accessibility, especially in relation to primary-level health care. Despite its popularity …

Background Spatial accessibility to healthcare facilities has drawn much attention in health
geography. In China, central and local governments have aimed to develop a well …

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 recent decade has witnessed a new wave of development in the place-based
accessibility theory, revolving around the two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method …

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

In the modern metropolis, the coverage of community hospitals is getting larger and larger.
But high-level hospitals treating serious and sudden illness are still kind of scarce social …