An enhanced variable two-step floating catchment area method for measuring spatial accessibility to residential care facilities in Nanjing

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 14490-14504

  Ni, Jianhua ^a,b   Wang, Jinyin ^a   Rui, Yikang ^a   Qian, Tianlu ^a   Wang, Jiechen ^a,c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WEST ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Catchment size; Residential care facility; Spatial accessibility; Two step floating catchment area (2FCA) method

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CATCHMENT; FACILITY LOCATION; LOCATION DECISION; SPATIAL PLANNING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCED TWO STEP FLOATING CATCHMENT AREA METHOD; FACILITY TO POPULATION RATIO; FACILITY TO POPULATION RATIO THRESHOLD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; VERY ELDERLY;

CHINA; FUJIAN; NANJING [FUJIAN];

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84947280457     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121114490     Document Type: Article

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