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 …

Women report many barriers to accessing prenatal care. This article reviews the literature
from 1990 to the present on women's perceptions of access to prenatal care within the …

Authoritative and comprehensive, this is the leading text and professional resource on using
geographic information systems (GIS) to analyze and address public health problems. Basic …

Few measures of healthcare accessibility have considered multiple transportation modes
when people seek healthcare. Based on the framework of the 2 Step Floating Catchment …

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 …

Spatial accessibility measures are an important policy tool for managing healthcare
provision and reducing health inequality. The two-step floating catchment area technique, in …

Health care accessibility is a vital indicator for evaluating areas where there are medical
shortages. However, due to the lack of population data with a satisfactory spatial resolution …

Accessibility to healthcare has a direct bearing on the overall well-being of the population.
Poor access to healthcare has serious consequences particularly in low and low-middle …

Background Reducing spatial access disparities to healthcare services is a growing priority
for healthcare planners especially among developed countries with aging populations …

This paper examines the influence of alternative population distribution models on GIS-
based spatial accessibility analyses using the two-step Floating Catchment Analysis …