Hospital Service Areas are the foundation for healthcare evaluation. This book represents the state-of-the-art approach in delineating HSA using GIS automated processes. It provides the best practices and solutions for defining HSA in scientific and geographically accurate manners and in real-time. Longer travel times to hospitals and other medical resources are associated with decreasing health outcomes and increasing mortality risk. Hospital Service Areas (HSAs) and Hospital Referral Regions (HRRs) are considered more appropriate units for analyzing the performance of healthcare markets and policy implementation; both serve as the foundation for healthcare evaluation. This book represents the state-of-the-art approach in delineating HSA by using GIS automated processes. It provides the best practices for defining such areas scientifically, in a geographically accurate manner, and in real-time. Geographers and GIS practitioners widely recognize the methods used. This book intends to mainly serve professionals in geography, urban and regional planning, public health, and related fields. It is also useful for scholars in the above fields who have research interests related to GIS and spatial analysis applications in health care. It can be used as a supplemental text for graduate students in a course related to GIS and Health.

Book Information
ISBN 9780367202286
Author Fahui Wang
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint CRC Press
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 156g