Potential accessibility scores for hospital care in a province of Japan: GIS-based ecological study of the two-step floating catchment area method and the number of neighborhood hospitals

• Asıl Yazarlar: Takashi Nakamura (Yazar), Akihisa Nakamura (Yazar), Kengo Mukuda (Yazar), Masanori Harada (Yazar), Kazuhiko Kotani (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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Abstract Background For achieving equity of the accessibility to primary healthcare, measuring potential geographical accessibility is essential. The provider-to-population ratio is the most frequently used measure. However, it is difficult to be used in closer region because it does not take into c...