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Advancing the frontiers of geographic accessibility to healthcare services

Authors :
Peter M. Macharia
Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas
Lenka Beňová
Source :
Communications Medicine, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2023.

Abstract

Assessing geographic accessibility to healthcare is essential to identify communities that have been left behind. Smartphone mobility data now enables the study of healthcare accessibility over a global scale, providing estimates of actual travel times to access care.

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Subjects :
Medicine

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Language :
English
ISSN :
2730664X
Volume :
3
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Communications Medicine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.91c2288f992e48aab57813fa611e4175
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-023-00391-w
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