Patterns in Geographic Access to Health Care Facilities Across Neighborhoods in the United States Based on Data From the National Establishment Time-Series Between 2000 and 2014.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The association between proximity to health care facilities and improved disease management and population health has been documented, but little is known about small-area health care environments and how the presence of health care facilities has changed over time during recent health system and policy change.

Objective

To examine geographic access to health care facilities across neighborhoods in the United States over a 15-year period.

Design, setting, and participants

Using longitudinal business data from the National Establishment Time-Series, this cross-sectional study examined the presence of and change in ambulatory care facilities and pharmacies and drugstores in census tracts (CTs) throughout the continental United States between 2000 and 2014. Be

SUBMITTER: Tsui J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7229525 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature