Spatial Accessibility of Primary Health Centres in Karur District Using GIS (Geographic Information System)
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https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST52310462Keywords:
Network analysis, Closest facility, Accessibility, Service area - Distance, time.Abstract
A requirement for human liveability on a global scale is good health, which is also a crucial element of universal requirements. As a result, maintaining the population depends on an equitable distribution of health facilities. In many nations, the main problem is to ensure that the entire population has access to and makes use of adequate healthcare services. Accessibility refers to the case of reaching destinations. According to Beedasy (2010), access to health care services is a function of many variables which includes the financial resource of patients, education, age, gender, race, access to medical insurance, availability of health providers, culture, knowledge of how and when to access health providers. Recommendations of family and friends, familiarity with the hospital, geographical location of the healthcare services, distance, transportation facilities and travel cost. It is the cost of travel in terms of distance time or expenses between patient and service locations. Geographic accessibility is how easily a health user can physically reach the provider's location. Health populations and access to healthcare services are significant factors influencing economic development and prosperity. Since geographical access is an essential feature of an overall health system, health services need to develop accurate measures of physical access to health. Hence, the present study the spatial accessibility to primary health centres and their services in the study area. The district road network has been transformed into a network dataset for network analysis. Roads received an average vehicle speed based on the road hierarchy and characteristics. The service areas and closest facilities were determined in terms of distance and time based on speed, journey time, and travel distance. The findings show that a significant section of the population must travel a great distance to reach the medical facilities.
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