Healthcare accessibility in preconflict Syria: a comparative spatial analysis.

Mhd Nour Audi Kevin M MwendaGuixing WeiMark N Lurie

Published in: BMJ open (2022)

Methodologically, the use of 2SFCA provided more nuanced insights about hospital bed allocation than PPR. 2SFCA was able to account for the cross-boundary effect and road network quality. Realistic representation of health accessibility is possible in data-scarce settings such as Syria and could be adapted to assess health access inequalities in conflict and postconflict settings.

Keyphrases

healthcare
public health
health information
mental health
electronic health record
big data
health promotion
emergency department
human health
quality improvement
social media
artificial intelligence
deep learning
network analysis