Measuring national accessibility to cardiac services using geographic information systems

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dc.contributor.authorCoffee, N.
dc.contributor.authorTurner, D.
dc.contributor.authorClark, R.
dc.contributor.authorEckert, K.
dc.contributor.authorCoombe, D.
dc.contributor.authorHugo, G.
dc.contributor.authorvan Gaans, D.
dc.contributor.authorWilkinson, D.
dc.contributor.authorStewart, S.
dc.contributor.authorTonkin, A.
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe Cardiac Access-Remoteness Index of Australia (Cardiac ARIA) used geographic information systems (GIS) to model population level, road network accessibility to cardiac services before and after a cardiac event for all (20,387) population localities in Australia., The index ranged from 1A (access to all cardiac services within 1 h driving time) to 8E (limited or no access). The methodology derived an objective geographic measure of accessibility to required cardiac services across Australia. Approximately 71% of the 2006 Australian population had very good access to acute hospital services and services after hospital discharge. This GIS model could be applied to other regions or health conditions where spatially enabled data were available.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityNeil Coffee, Dorothy Turner, Robyn A. Clark, Kerena Eckert, David Coombe, Graeme Hugo, Deborah van Gaans, David Wilkinson, Simon Stewart, Andrew A. Tonkin
dc.identifier.citationApplied Geography, 2012; 34(1):445-455
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.01.007
dc.identifier.issn0143-6228
dc.identifier.issn1873-7730
dc.identifier.orcidCoffee, N. [0000-0002-5075-0737]
dc.identifier.orcidvan Gaans, D. [0000-0001-8725-5310]
dc.identifier.orcidStewart, S. [0000-0001-9032-8998]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/72670
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Sci Ltd
dc.rightsCopyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.01.007
dc.subjectGIS
dc.subjectGIS modelling
dc.subjectAccessibility modelling
dc.subjectHealth modelling
dc.subjectCardiac accessibility
dc.titleMeasuring national accessibility to cardiac services using geographic information systems
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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