Travel Time to Health Facilities as a Marker of Geographical Accessibility Across Heterogeneous Land Coverage in Peru

Travel Time to Health Facilities as a Marker of Geographical Accessibility Across Heterogeneous Land Coverage in Peru

To better estimate the travel time to the most proximate health care facility (HCF) and determine differences across heterogeneous land coverage types, this study explored the use of a novel cloud-based geospatial modeling approach. Geospatial data of 145,134 cities and villages and 8,067 HCF were g...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar, Edgar Manrique, Kelly Tello-Lizarraga, J. Jaime Miranda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
travel time
geographic accessibility
health care accesibility
spatial analysis
inequality
healthcare delivery
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00498/full

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