The burden of travel for care and its influencing factors in China: an inpatient-based study of travel time

Q Wang, Q Jiang, Y Yang, J Pan - Journal of Transport & Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Travel burden is a key dimension in conceptualizing geographic access to
health care. Travel time measured from the perspective of actual utilization provides …

Facility or transport inequality? Decomposing healthcare accessibility inequality in Shenzhen, China

Z Tao, Q Wang - International Journal of Environmental Research and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Accessibility to healthcare services is crucial for residents' wellbeing. Numerous studies
have revealed significant spatial inequality in healthcare accessibility across various …

[PDF][PDF] 湘鄂豫三省城市建成区医疗服务潜能的分布特征及其影响因素

韩宗伟, 林子艺, 冉俊容, 焦胜, 卢德彬, 胡玥, 龙一槿 - 经济地理, 2023 - jjdl.com.cn
以华中地区湖南, 湖北, 河南为研究对象, 综合运用随机森林回归, 空间回归等系列定量模型对
医疗服务潜能分布特征及影响因素进行系统分析. 研究发现: 研究区医疗服务供给多集中于相对 …

Earthquake scenario-specific framework for spatial accessibility analysis (SAA) of emergency shelters: a case study in Xichang City, Sichuan Province, China

Z Wang, J Cheng, C Xu - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The spatial accessibility of emergency shelters, indicating the difficulty of evacuation and
rescue, is crucial for disaster mitigation and emergency management. To analyze …

Spatial accessibility modeling to healthcare facilities in the case of health shocks of Midnapore municipality, India

M Das, B Dutta, U Roy, S Das, S Rath - GeoJournal, 2023 - Springer
This research aims to identify the accessibility of the entire population, especially the slum
population to existing healthcare facilities (HCF) as well as the slum neighborhoods having …

In-depth look into urban and rural disparities in prehospital delay in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction and its impact on prognosis: a prospective …

C Shen, C Li, J Wang, J Yin, P Lou, Z Wang, Y Lu… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives In line with the cardiac fast track, the 'green pathway for patients with heart
attack'policy in China is implemented to reduce door-to-balloon time in patients with ST …

Do Primary Healthcare Facilities in More Remote Areas Provide More Medical Services? Spatial Evidence from Rural Western China

C Shen, S Lai, Q Deng, W Dong, D Cao… - Health & Social Care …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Primary healthcare institutions (PHIs) in China have experienced a sizable decline in
medical services in recent years. Despite the large regional disparities in China, there is a …

Quantitative Evaluation of Difficulty in Visiting Hospitals for Elderly Patients in Depopulated Area in Japan: Using National Health Insurance Data

Y Morisaki, M Fujiu, J Takayama, M Sagae, K Hirako - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Depopulation is occurring in rural areas of Japan due to the outflow of the population to
urban areas, the declining birthrate, and the aging population. Within depopulated areas …

Enhancing Spatial Allocation of Pediatric Medical Facilities for Reduced Travel-Related CO2 Emissions: A Case Study in Tianjin, China

H Dong, H Zhang, R Wang, Y Zhang, Y Zhang, L Zhang - Land, 2025 - mdpi.com
Due to the limited availability of medical facilities and the urgency and irreplaceability of
medical-seeking behaviors, the transportation processes used to access these resources …

Hospitals as social infrastructure: accessible for all?

AT Renner - Handbook of Social Infrastructure, 2024 - elgaronline.com
The term infrastructure is often associated with streets, railroads and other networks
enabling transportation of economic goods, or other network services including power …