Towards an understanding of inequalities in accessing residential and nursing home provision: The role of geographical approaches.

ABSTRACT: Suggestions of the existence of so-called 'social care deserts' in England in the years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic drew attention to the potential impact of geographical inequalities on the availability of residential, nursing and domiciliary care. To date, much of this analysis has been conducted at spatially aggregated scales such as that of local authorities or postcode sector. Hidden within such aggregate-level analysis however are geographical differences in the local provision of care services. In this paper, we draw attention to geographical modelling techniques that can be used to examine local trends in the supply of social care services in relation to potential demand. These spatial models can be used to examine variations in the number of facilities (or choice) within r

SUBMITTER: Higgs G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078699 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature