A hierarchical two-step floating catchment area analysis for high-tier hospital accessibility in an urban agglomeration region

Li, Chuanyao; Wang, Junren

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2022.103369

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“…First, the method used to calculate the travel cost fails to consider the timeliness and characteristics of the population. The time parameters of the 2SFCA should be based on residents' actual travel behavior for selection (Jiao et al, 2022;C. Li & Wang, 2022); however, we calculated the travel cost based on the average speed of different types of roads.…”

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Spatial Accessibility Evaluation and Location Optimization of Primary Healthcare in China: A Case Study of Shenzhen

Chen

Zeng²,

Wu³

et al. 2023

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China has striven to improve its healthcare system by continuously reforming its health system and improving the quality of medical care (X. L. Li & Fu, 2017). Consequently, during the past decade, the overall public health of the Chinese population has improved significantly, with more than 95% of its citizens covered by the health insurance system. In addition, people are living longer because of access to more affordable and higher-quality healthcare services. However, despite these laudable achievements, distance and time are also important barriers hindering people's access to healthcare services (Song et al., 2022). People face long travel times to healthcare facilities when they are sick and seeking healthcare (Weiss et al., 2020). China is a vast country characterized by considerable regional differences. In general, rural and remote China are disadvantaged in the allocation of healthcare resources because of their underdeveloped economies and unfavorable geographic locations (C. Yang et al., 2022;Yip et al., 2019). However, the cost of healthcare facilities can also be heavy in densely populated cities as some areas lack sufficient health infrastructure, creating challenges for better healthy living across communities (

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Spatial Accessibility Evaluation and Location Optimization of Primary Healthcare in China: A Case Study of Shenzhen

Chen

Zeng²,

Wu³

et al. 2023

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“…Over the past decades, 2SFCA has emerged as a key measure for spatial accessibility, with current enhancements leveraging the shortfall of distance-decaying effects (30)(31)(32)(33). For instance, recent applications of 2SFCA have measured the differentials in spatial accessibility at the micro-scale to reflect the balance between supply and demand of public facilities, such as healthcare and education (34,35). There are three steps to calculate spatial accessibility using the 2SFCA method.…”

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Evaluating Social Equity of Transit Accessibility: A Case of Salt Lake County, U.S.

Zinia

Bhandari

Tuffour

et al. 2023

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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Addressing social equity in public transportation remains a key challenge for many cities and planning organizations. In this study, we examined social equity dimensions of accessibility to light rail transit (LRT) stations in Salt Lake County, U.S., by employing two novel methods. First, we used the two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method to examine the interactions between the demand and supply of the public transit service. Second, we developed geospatial models to account for spatial bias in transit equity analysis. Results showed little evidence of inequitable access to LRT stations in Salt Lake County. The accessibility to LRT stations appeared to be generally higher in the downtown and transit catchment areas with a higher concentration of low-income and ethnic minority populations. Furthermore, we found statistically significant associations between higher transit accessibility and households which are not homeowners, and/or do not own a private motor vehicle. Our findings suggest that transit investments in Salt Lake County could leverage substantial transportation accessibility opportunities to achieve an equitable and sustainable future.

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“…Ghorbanzadeh et al (2021) identified the high and low healthcare accessibility areas in the entire state of Florida, showing that northwest and southern Florida suffer from insufficient health services, while central Florida has the highest level of accessibility. Li and Wang (2022) evaluated the healthcare accessibility to high-tier medical institutions in the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration, China.…”

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Potential and realized access to healthcare services in Wuhan Metropolitan Area, China

Lin,

Deng,

Wang

et al. 2023

Transactions in Planning and Urban Research

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Healthcare accessibility is a crucial livelihood issue directly related to people’s health. Given that existing studies have often focused on residents’ potential geographic access in a single city, this study examines the access to healthcare services in Wuhan Metropolitan Area in both potential and realized dimensions. We pay particular attention to the quantitative measurement of the actual fit between healthcare services being offered and utilized. Overall, we found satisfactory potential access to healthcare facilities within reach of residential spaces in Wuhan Metropolitan Area, yet it is uneven across the nine cities and different areas. By measuring realized access through the coupling coordination degree of healthcare provision and utilization, our findings showed that except for Wuhan, all the other cities suffer from various levels of incoordination and lack resilience to public health emergencies. Taken together, this requires the regional government to formulate a more coordinated and comprehensive plan for resource allocation and to promote resource sharing among cities. Targeted policies for certain cities are also needed, to improve residents’ healthcare accessibility.

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A hierarchical two-step floating catchment area analysis for high-tier hospital accessibility in an urban agglomeration region

Cited by 27 publications

References 39 publications

Spatial Accessibility Evaluation and Location Optimization of Primary Healthcare in China: A Case Study of Shenzhen

Spatial Accessibility Evaluation and Location Optimization of Primary Healthcare in China: A Case Study of Shenzhen

Evaluating Social Equity of Transit Accessibility: A Case of Salt Lake County, U.S.

Potential and realized access to healthcare services in Wuhan Metropolitan Area, China

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