ORIGINAL RESEARCH Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Understand a Community’s Primary Care Needs

Introduction: A key element for reducing health care costs and improving community health is in-creased access to primary care and preventative health services. Geographic information systems (GIS) have the potential to assess patterns of health care utilization and community-level attributes to identify geographic regions most in need of primary care access. Methods: GIS, analytical hierarchy process, and multiattribute assessment and evaluation technique