Challenging terrains: socio-spatial analysis of Primary Health Care Access Disparities in West Virginia

Autor: Insu Hong, Bradley Wilson, Thomson Gross, Jamison Conley, Theodore Powers
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. 16:141-161
ISSN: 1874-4621
1874-463X
DOI: 10.1007/s12061-022-09472-0
Popis: Existing measures of health care access were inadequate for guiding policy decisions in West Virginia, as they identified the entire state as having limited access. To address this, we compiled a comprehensive database of primary health care providers and facilities in the state, developed a modified E2SFCA tool to measure spatial access in the context of West Virginia's rural and mountainous nature, and integrated this with an index of socio-economic barriers to access. The integrated index revealed that the rural areas, especially in the southern part of the state, have especially limited access to primary health care. 1. Introduction. An emerging public health issue which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, is that of
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