Geographic accessibility to public and private health facilities in Kenya in 2021: An updated geocoded inventory and spatial analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To achieve universal health coverage, adequate geographic access to quality healthcare services is vital and should be characterized periodically to support planning. However, in Kenya, previous assessments of geographic accessibility have relied on public health facility lists only, assembled several years ago. Here, for the first time we assemble a geocoded list of public and private health facilities in 2021 and make use of this updated list to interrogate geographical accessibility to all health providers.

Methods

Existing health provider lists in Kenya were accessed, merged, cleaned, harmonized, and assigned a unique geospatial location. The resultant master list was combined with road network, land use, topography, travel barriers and healthcare-seeking beha

SUBMITTER: Moturi AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9670107 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature