Geographical Accessibility and Spatial Coverage Modeling of the Healthcare Centers in District Pulwama (J&K State)
Keywords:
Population; Served; Accessibility; Health Centres; TimeAbstract
The study aims to measure the accessibility to public health centers when the environment remains stable and at the time of political instability. Land use/land cover, topography, road network, physical barriers, population coverage capacity, health facilities and ancillary data were used to model accessibility to health centers using AccessMod 4.0. Two travel time scenarios used by population to attend health centers were considered: Scenario 1 - walking at the time of political instability and Scenario 2 - walking as well as automotive passenger transport during normal situation. The result based on scenario 1 and scenario 2 reveals that 51.68 percent and 24.24 percent of population of the district are un-served respectively. To cover unattended population during normal situation it was determined that the study area required eight additional health facilities to cover up the estimated lag. The topography as well as the political unrest has greatly influenced the accessibility to health centers. The involvement of GIS provides more accurate analysis for establishment of new health centers by using multiple parameters.
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