Comparing absolute and relative distance and time travel measures of geographic access to healthcare facilities in rural Haiti.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

While travel distance and time are important proxies of physical access to health facilities, obtaining valid measures with an appropriate modelling method remains challenging in many settings. We compared five measures of geographic accessibility in Haiti, producing recommendations that consider available analytic resources and geospatial goals.

Methods

Eight public hospitals within the ministry of public health and population were included. We estimated distance and time between hospitals and geographic centroids of Haiti's section communes and population-level accessibility. Geographic feature data were obtained from public administrative databases, academic research databases and government satellites. We used validated geographic information system methods

SUBMITTER: Bhangdia KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9174809 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature