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Measuring spatio-temporal accessibility to emergency medical services through big GPS data
Tianqi Xia1, Xuan Song1, Haoran Zhang2
1Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan; Artificial Intelligence Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan.
Health & Place
|February 1, 2019
Summary
This study introduces a new model for measuring emergency medical service (EMS) accessibility, considering both location and time. The findings reveal significant temporal variations in EMS access, crucial for urban planning and hospital placement.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Health Services Research
Background:
- Medical accessibility is key to public health service effectiveness.
- Traditional studies often overlook temporal population dynamics, impacting emergency medical service (EMS) access evaluation.
- Understanding spatio-temporal accessibility is vital for optimizing emergency response.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose a novel spatio-temporal accessibility model for EMS.
- To adapt the enhanced two-step floating catchment area (E2SFCA) method for dynamic population distributions.
- To analyze temporal variations in EMS accessibility using real-world data.
Main Methods:
- Developed the Spatio-Temporal Enhanced Two-Step Floating Catchment Area (ST-E2SFCA) model.
- Applied the model to a large GPS dataset in the greater Tokyo area.
- Compared ST-E2SFCA with the traditional E2SFCA and analyzed different weighting scenarios.
Main Results:
- The ST-E2SFCA model effectively illustrates temporal differences in EMS accessibility.
- Significant spatial and temporal variations in access were identified.
- The model's performance was validated against traditional methods.
Conclusions:
- The proposed ST-E2SFCA method is suitable for measuring spatio-temporal EMS accessibility.
- Findings can inform strategic hospital location selection and urban planning decisions.
- Incorporating temporal population dynamics enhances the accuracy of accessibility assessments.
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