Journal article
Challenging terrains: socio-spatial analysis of Primary Health Care Access Disparities in West Virginia
Applied spatial analysis and policy, Vol.16(1), pp.141-161
2023
DOI: 10.1007/s12061-022-09472-0
Abstract
Existing measures of health care access were inadequate for guiding policy decisions in West Virginia, as they identified the entire state as having limited access. To address this, we compiled a comprehensive database of primary health care providers and facilities in the state, developed a modified E2SFCA tool to measure spatial access in the context of West Virginia’s rural and mountainous nature, and integrated this with an index of socio-economic barriers to access. The integrated index revealed that the rural areas, especially in the southern part of the state, have especially limited access to primary health care.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Challenging terrains: socio-spatial analysis of Primary Health Care Access Disparities in West Virginia
- Creators
- Insu Hong - CJ GroupBradley WilsonThomson GrossJamison ConleyTheodore Powers
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Applied spatial analysis and policy, Vol.16(1), pp.141-161
- DOI
- 10.1007/s12061-022-09472-0
- ISSN
- 1874-463X
- eISSN
- 1874-4621
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100017313, name: West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, award: 17-767
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 08/10/2022
- Date published
- 2023
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology; Interdisciplinary Programs
- Record Identifier
- 9984296302502771
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