Car travel time and accessibility by bus to general practitioner services: a study using patient registers and GIS

Lovett, Andrew A.; Haynes, Robin; Sünnenberg, Gilla; Gale, Susan

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(01)00212-x

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“…Walking distance was defined as 800m straight-line distance from a house-point to the nearest practice. Walking at just under 5 km/h a person can cover 800m in 10 minutes and this is assumed to be feasible for most members of the population travelling to their GP (Lovett et al, 2002).…”

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The distribution of GPs in Ireland in relation to deprivation

et al. 2010

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The aim of this study was to describe the distribution GP services in Ireland with respect to deprivation. Seven percent of rural inhabitants live within walking distance of the nearest GP compared to 89% of city dwellers. The longest average travel times occur in the most deprived rural areas. The variation in travel times across deprivation scores was modest, particularly in city, town and village areas. The highest workloads were observed in the most deprived urban areas. The current distribution of GPs in Ireland is relatively equitable although the most deprived practices have high workloads or appear to be overstretched. Incentives may be required to increase service provision in these highly deprived areas.

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Section: Access To Gpsmentioning

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The distribution of GPs in Ireland in relation to deprivation

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“…Generally, researchers use the two-step floating catchment area method and the gravity method to measure spatial accessibility [1,5,6]. This study uses the gravity model for evaluating health care accessibility.…”

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“…Furthermore, if primary care is evenly distributed, it can effectively prevent disease progression on a large scale [4]. In addition, developments in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have made it possible to calculate measures of physical accessibility such as distance or time in a more automated and sophisticated manner than was previously practical [5]. Based on GIS techniques, many researchers have investigated accessibility to primary healthcare services.…”

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“…Luo and Wang [7] adopted GIS techniques to implement spatial accessibility measures to define physician shortage areas in Illinois. Using GIS techniques, Lovett et al examined accessibility to GP surgeries in South Norfolk by public and private transport [5]. Improving the effectiveness of the two-step floating catchment area method, McGrail and Humphreys measured spatial accessibility to primary care in rural areas [8].…”

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A GIS-Based Assessment of Spatial Accessibility to County Hospitals: A Case Study of Dancheng County, China

Cui

2012

Information and Business Intelligence

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Abstract. The aim of this study was to investigate Chinese rural people's accessibility to healthcare. GIS techniques and the gravity-based model were combined to calculate the measure of accessibility to county hospitals in Dancheng County. The result demonstrates that when travel friction coefficient is 1.0, the highest accessibility is found in the county seat and declines outward to other settlements. The residents in the east and southeast part of the county have worse accessibility to county hospitals. To improve rural people's accessibility to health services, the paper suggests that the local government should build a county-level hospital in the east part of the county and increase road class to reduce travel time. The suggestions can be applied to other counties in rural China. Finally, bus routes and timetables should be considered in a future study of measuring rural people's access to services in the county seat.

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“…Os serviços de saúde estão inevitavelmente concentrados em determinados lugares e, conseqüentemente, são mais acessíveis às pessoas que deles estão mais próximas do que àquelas que estão mais distantes deles (1) . A identificação das redes alerta para problemas de acesso, identificando áreas com poucas opções, configurando pontos de estrangulamento, ou oportunidades de desconcentração e regionalizações alternativas, e a classificação dos fluxos segundo a estrutura da rede fornece rico material de investigação.…”

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A peregrinação das gestantes no Município do Rio de Janeiro: perfil de óbitos e nascimentos

Melo

Knupp

Oliveira

et al. 2007

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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Trata-se de um estudo ecológico. Objetivou-se analisar as trajetórias dos nascimentos no município do Rio de Janeiro e identificar a relação entre oferta de serviços de saúde e fluxo de gestantes entre local de residência e a maternidade. Foram utilizados dados dos Sistemas de Informação sobre Mortalidade (SIM) e Nascidos Vivos (SINASC) de 2004. O processamento e mapeamento dos dados foram feitos através do programa TabWin. O SINASC processou 99.042 declarações de nascidos vivos e o SIM processou 1.318 declarações de óbitos em menores de um ano no Município do Rio de Janeiro. Concluiu-se que a possibilidade de intervenção no perfil da mortalidade infantil e materna desloca-se cada vez mais para a esfera dos serviços de saúde, e o acesso à assistência de qualidade tem papel fundamental na determinação da mortalidade. Deve-se investigar a existência de desigualdades no acesso a tais serviços.

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Car travel time and accessibility by bus to general practitioner services: a study using patient registers and GIS

Cited by 234 publications

References 15 publications

The distribution of GPs in Ireland in relation to deprivation

The distribution of GPs in Ireland in relation to deprivation

A GIS-Based Assessment of Spatial Accessibility to County Hospitals: A Case Study of Dancheng County, China

A peregrinação das gestantes no Município do Rio de Janeiro: perfil de óbitos e nascimentos

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