ArticleHealth services research2018
Spatial Accessibility of Primary Care in England: A Cross-Sectional Study Using a Floating Catchment Area Method.
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- Whether Urbanization Has Intensified the Spread of Infectious Diseases-Renewed Question by the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Prediction of hospital visits for the general inpatient care using floating catchment area methods: a reconceptualization of spatial accessibility.International journal of health geographics · 2020Article
- Role of Area-Level Access to Primary Care on the Geographic Variation of Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Distribution: A Multilevel Analysis of the Adult Residents in the Illawarra-Shoalhaven Region of NSW, Australia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo analyze the general practitioners (GPs) with regard to the degree of urbanization, social deprivation, general health, and disability. DATA SOURCES: Small area population data and GP practice data in England. STUDY
designWe used a floating catchment area method to measure spatial GP accessibility with regard to the degree of urbanization, social deprivation, general health, and disability. DATA COLLECTION: Data were collected from the Office for National Statistics and the general practice census and analyzed using a geographic information system. PRINCIPAL
findingsIn all, 25.8 percent of the population in England lived in areas with a significant low GP accessibility (mean z-score: -4.2); 27.6 percent lived in areas with a significant high GP accessibility (mean z-score: 7.7); 97.8 percent of high GP accessibility areas represented urban areas, and 31.1 percent of low GP accessibility areas represented rural areas (correlation of accessibility and urbanity: r = 0.59; p<.001). Furthermore, a minor negative correlation with social deprivation was present (r = -0.19; p<.001). Results were confirmed by a multivariate analysis.
conclusionThis study showed substantially differing GP accessibility throughout England. However, socially deprived areas did not have poorer spatial access to GPs.
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