Bisher wurden die Einzugsgebiete der Gesundheitszentren mit den administrativen Grenzen des Sektors, in dem das Gesundheitszentrum liegt, gleichgesetzt. Das Hauptanliegen dieser Arbeit ist es, die tatsächlichen Einzugsgebiete zu erfassen und bisher verwendete methodische Ansätze auf ihre Eignung zu testen, Einzugsgebiete für Gesundheitszentren möglichst realistisch zu modellieren. Darüber hinaus sollen Gründe für räumliche Unterschiede in der Inanspruchnahme von Gesundheitszentren ermittelt werden. Fragenbögen, die mit Patienten in den Gesundheitszentren ausgefüllt wurden, sowie aus Registrierungsbüchern erfasste Daten geben Aufschluss über die räumlichen Unterschiede bei der Inanspruchnahme und dienen als Referenzdaten für die weiteren Ana...
Improving spatial accessibility to hospitals is a major task for health care systems which can be fa...
The geographical area around a health facility characterising the population that utilizes some or a...
The utilization of health centers as a health facility is indicated by the number of visits to the c...
An understanding of spatial patterns of health facility use allows a more informed approach to the m...
The provision of good health care services to citizens is of increasing importance to improve their ...
BACKGROUND: Primary health care is essential in improving and maintaining the health of populations....
The catchment areas of six health-care facilities in Uganda were determined using the cumulative cas...
Most lower level health units do not have accurate records of their catchment areas and catchment po...
In recent decades, access to primary health care has become a crucial issue for health policy planne...
OBJECTIVE To develop indices to quantitatively assess and understand the spatial usage patterns of h...
The crisis in the health sector of Nigerian economy has been very obvious since the last decade. Unf...
Background: health care utilization is affected by several factors including geographic accessibilit...
Geography plays an important role in planning and allocation of healthcare resources for an effectiv...
Equity is an important criterion in evaluating health system performance. Developing a framework for...
BACKGROUND: Health care utilization is affected by several factors including geographic accessibilit...
Improving spatial accessibility to hospitals is a major task for health care systems which can be fa...
The geographical area around a health facility characterising the population that utilizes some or a...
The utilization of health centers as a health facility is indicated by the number of visits to the c...
An understanding of spatial patterns of health facility use allows a more informed approach to the m...
The provision of good health care services to citizens is of increasing importance to improve their ...
BACKGROUND: Primary health care is essential in improving and maintaining the health of populations....
The catchment areas of six health-care facilities in Uganda were determined using the cumulative cas...
Most lower level health units do not have accurate records of their catchment areas and catchment po...
In recent decades, access to primary health care has become a crucial issue for health policy planne...
OBJECTIVE To develop indices to quantitatively assess and understand the spatial usage patterns of h...
The crisis in the health sector of Nigerian economy has been very obvious since the last decade. Unf...
Background: health care utilization is affected by several factors including geographic accessibilit...
Geography plays an important role in planning and allocation of healthcare resources for an effectiv...
Equity is an important criterion in evaluating health system performance. Developing a framework for...
BACKGROUND: Health care utilization is affected by several factors including geographic accessibilit...
Improving spatial accessibility to hospitals is a major task for health care systems which can be fa...
The geographical area around a health facility characterising the population that utilizes some or a...
The utilization of health centers as a health facility is indicated by the number of visits to the c...