Spatial Distribution and Accessibility to Public Sector Tertiary Care Teaching General Hospitals: Tale of Two Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Districts – Peshawar and Abbottabad
| Autor: | Naeem Abbas Malik, Independent Consultant, Block No. , Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan, Masood Ali Shaikh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Service (business)
Spatial Analysis Public Sector Tertiary Healthcare business.industry Khyber pakhtunkhwa Public sector Developing country General Medicine Hospitals General Tertiary care Health Services Accessibility Health care Geographic Information Systems Humans Medicine Pakistan Hospitals Teaching business Socioeconomics Delivery of Health Care Physical accessibility |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. 29:87-89 |
| ISSN: | 1681-7168 1022-386X |
| DOI: | 10.29271/jcpsp.2019.01.87 |
| Popis: | Effective utilisation of healthcare facilities is determined by spatial and non-spatial factors, including their spatial distribution and physical accessibility. Public sector plays an important role in the provision of healthcare services for improving health in developing countries like Pakistan. We analysed the spatial distribution and accessibility to public sector tertiary care teaching and general hospitals in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) districts of Abbottabad and Peshawar. Two such hospitals in Abbottabad and three in Peshawar were selected for the analyses. Out of the 44 union councils (UCs) in Abbottabad, there are 23 and 15 UCS that are partially or fully accessible within the 12-kilometer buffer and the service area around the hospitals, respectively. Out of the 93 UCs in Peshawar, there are 79 and 77 UCs that are partially or fully accessible, respectively, within the 12-kilometer buffer and service area around the hospitals. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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