Abstract
There is a large literature that has explored the use of ‘floating catchment area’ (FCA) techniques in measuring access to a range of primary and secondary health services. This paper describes the development of open source tools which incorporate FCA techniques initially applied in the context of mapping and modelling access to mobile cancer services. Tests completed on the open source tool allow it be used to compare to an existing proprietary tool developed for use in ArcGIS. This study includes reflections on the underlying data used within these models as well as the software itself in order to better understand differences in outputs and computational speed when performing FCA analyses in an open source environment.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | GIS Research UK conference Proceedings |
Subtitle of host publication | University of Leicester |
Publisher | University of Leicester |
Pages | 1-6 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Publication status | Published - 18 Apr 2018 |
Event | 2018 GISRUK Annual Conference - University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom Duration: 18 Apr 2018 → 20 Apr 2018 Conference number: 26 http://leicester.gisruk.org/ |
Conference
Conference | 2018 GISRUK Annual Conference |
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Abbreviated title | GISRUK 2018 |
Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Leicester |
Period | 18/04/18 → 20/04/18 |
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Keywords
- Healthcare Accessibility
- GIS
- Two Step Floating Catchment Area (2SFCA) tools
- Open Source
- Cancer Services