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

Geographic variations in spatial accessibility to public resources, such as health care
services, raise important questions about the efficiencies and inequities of the processes …

Background Over the past two decades, geographical accessibility of urban resources for
population living in residential areas has received an increased focus in urban health …

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

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

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 …

This article synthesizes two GIS-based accessibility measures into one framework, and
applies the methods to examining spatial accessibility to primary health care in the Chicago …

Research at the confluence of accessibility, equity and health is flourishing. And yet, there is
only slow and modest progress in terms of improving the spatial and temporal accuracy of …

Background Geographical access to health care facilities is known to influence health
services usage. As societies age, accessibility to health care becomes an increasingly acute …

Despite spending more than any other nation on medical care per person, the United States
ranks behind other industrialized nations in key health performance measures. A main …