Evaluating medical convenience in ethnic minority areas of Southwest China via road network vulnerability: a case study for Dehong autonomous prefecture

• Main Authors: Xiaoyan Wei (Author), Xuejun Liu (Author), Liang Cheng (Author), Lele Sun (Author), Yingying Pan (Author), Wenwen Zong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Southwest China is home to more than 30 ethnic minority groups. Since most of these populations reside in mountainous areas, convenient access to medical services is an important metric of how well their livelihoods are being protected. Methods This paper proposes a medical conve...