Research at the confluence of accessibility, equity and health is flourishing. And yet, there is
only slow and modest progress in terms of improving the spatial and temporal accuracy of …

Background Australia's inequitable distribution of health services is well documented.
Spatial access relates to the geographic limitations affecting the availability and accessibility …

Background With the rapid demographic shift towards an ageing society, it is a concerted
effort to facilitate elderly's access to healthcare in order to maintain and improve their quality …

Access to primary health care is considered a fundamental right and an important facilitator
of overall population health. Township health centers (THCs) and Community health centers …

This paper puts forward a commuter-based version of the two-step floating catchment area
(2SFCA) method, which has gained acceptance in studies on spatial health care …

Background The potential spatial access to urban health services is an important issue in
health geography, spatial epidemiology and public health. Computing geographical …

Health care accessibility is a vital indicator for evaluating areas where there are medical
shortages. However, due to the lack of population data with a satisfactory spatial resolution …

Hospital accessibility is a vital factor in identifying areas with a shortage of healthcare. Due
to a lack of data, however, few measures of hospital accessibility in existing studies have …

Public medical service facilities are among the most basic needs of the public and are
directly related to residents' health. The balanced development of medical service facilities is …

Previous studies concerned with investigating the relationship between levels of physical
activity and aspects of the built environment have often led to inconsistent and mixed …