Background Ukraine, one of the largest states formed on the rubble of the Soviet Union, is
widely perceived as a country that has lost its opportunities. Being devastated by corruption …

Background: US rural populations have been disproportionately affected by the syndemic of
opioid-use disorder (OUD) and the associated increase in overdoses and risk of hepatitis C …

Residing in lower socioeconomic status (SES) neighborhoods is associated with increased
risk of morbidity and mortality. Few studies have examined this association for …

Prevention quality indicators (PQIs) constitute a set of measures that can be combined with
hospital inpatient data to identify the quality of care for ambulatory care sensitive conditions …

Decisions regarding where patients access HIV care are not well understood. The purpose
of this analysis was to examine differences in travel distance to care among persons …

Techniques based on geographic information systems (GIS) have been widely adopted and
applied in the fields of infectious disease and environmental epidemiology; their use in …

Background Population health planning within a health district requires current information
on health profiles of the target population. Information obtained during primary care …

Travel distance to medical care has been assessed using a variety of geographic methods.
Network analyses are less common, but may generate more accurate estimates of travel …

Background General practitioner (GP) practices in Australia are increasingly storing patient
information in electronic databases. These practice databases can be accessed by clinical …

This article describes how a community coalition focusing on maternal and child health
engages community participation through the use of geographic information systems (GIS) …