Measuring spatial accessibility to healthcare for populations with multiple transportation modes |
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Institution: | 1. Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan 333031, India;2. Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan 333031, India;3. Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan 333031, India |
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Abstract: | Few measures of healthcare accessibility have considered multiple transportation modes when people seek healthcare. Based on the framework of the 2 Step Floating Catchment Area Method (2SFCAM), we proposed an innovative method to incorporate transportation modes into the accessibility estimation. Taking Florida, USA, as a study area, we illustrated the implementation of the multi-mode 2SFCAM, and compared the accessibility estimates with those from the traditional single-mode 2SFCAM. The results suggest that the multi-modal method, by accounting for heterogeneity in populations, provides more realistic accessibility estimations, and thus offers a better guidance for policy makers to mitigate health inequity issues. |
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Keywords: | Healthcare accessibility Transportation mode 2 Step Floating Catchment Area Method (2SFCAM) Geographic information system (GIS) |
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