Comparing Three GIS Techniques for Modelling Geographical Access to General Practitioners
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14701462 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lars Brabyn (0000-0002-3400-6182, University of Waikato, corresponding author), Paul Gower (University of Waikato) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 41-49 |
| Publication date | 2004-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0317-7173 • E-ISSN: 1911-9925 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/th62-2668-3273-3344 |
| OpenAlex | W2017586189 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 13 |
Accessibility to health services is a social and economic issue that has many dimensions. This article compares three techniques for measuring geographical accessibility to general practitioners (family doctors). These techniques can be described as ratio, least-cost path, and allocation methods. The ratio method is the most common and simply measures the population-to-GP ratio for a given area. The least-cost path and allocation techniques rely on GIS network analysis and provide information on travel times and distances. The allocation analysis differs from least-cost path analyses because it considers the number of GPs available and this acts as a capacity constraint. The use of GIS network analysis can produce a number of different statistics on accessibility that can be visualized as a map. This article will argue that the use of a capacity constraint is important and that the population further than 30 minutes from a GP is an effective statistic for comparing the accessibility of different management regions
Cartography · Computer network · Constraint (computer-aided design · Data mining · Geographic information system · Geography · Global Positioning System · Location-allocation · Machine learning · Operations research · Path (computing · Path analysis (statistics · Population · Statistic · Statistics · Telecommunications · Transport engineering · Computer Science · Engineering · Mathematics · Medicine · Transportation Planning and Optimization · Urban and Freight Transport Logistics · Urban Transport and Accessibility
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,62 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |