Measuring Spatial Patterns of Health Care Facilities and Their Relationships with Hypertension Inpatients in a Network-Constrained Urban System
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data Sources
2.3. Network Kernel Density Estimation
2.4. Network K-Function
2.5. Spatial Stratified Heterogeneity Analyses
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. NetKDE Analysis of Health Care Facilities
3.2. Spatial Cluster Pattern Analysis
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Types | Interaction Detector C = A ∩ B 1 | Linear Combination A + B | Interpretation | |
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Hospital | population ∩ road = 0.086 | < | 0.101 = population (0.037) + road (0.064) | 1 |
CHC | population ∩ road = 0.046 | > | 0.018 = population (0.009) + road(0.009) | 2 |
Clinic | population ∩ road = 0.086 | > | 0.056 = population (0.034) + road (0.022) | |
Pharmacy | population ∩ road = 0.098 | > | 0.043 = population (0.020) + road(0.023) | |
Aggregate value | population ∩ road = 0.087 | > | 0.046 = population (0.022) + road (0.024) |
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Wang, Z.; Nie, K. Measuring Spatial Patterns of Health Care Facilities and Their Relationships with Hypertension Inpatients in a Network-Constrained Urban System. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 3204. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph16173204
Wang Z, Nie K. Measuring Spatial Patterns of Health Care Facilities and Their Relationships with Hypertension Inpatients in a Network-Constrained Urban System. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(17):3204. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph16173204
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Zhensheng, and Ke Nie. 2019. "Measuring Spatial Patterns of Health Care Facilities and Their Relationships with Hypertension Inpatients in a Network-Constrained Urban System" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 17: 3204. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph16173204