Geographic accessibility and hospital competition for emergency blood transfusion services in Bungoma, Western Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Estimating accessibility gaps to essential health interventions helps to allocate and prioritize health resources. Access to blood transfusion represents an important emergency health requirement. Here, we develop geo-spatial models of accessibility and competition to blood transfusion services in Bungoma County, Western Kenya.

Methods

Hospitals providing blood transfusion services in Bungoma were identified from an up-dated geo-coded facility database. AccessMod was used to define care-seeker's travel times to the nearest blood transfusion service. A spatial accessibility index for each enumeration area (EA) was defined using modelled travel time, population demand, and supply available at the hospital, assuming a uniform risk of emergency occurrence in the count

SUBMITTER: Mumo E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10041813 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature