在德克萨斯州奥斯的公共交通中获得医疗保健的差异
1Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, United States.
Frontiers in public health
|November 19, 2025
概括
德克萨斯州奥斯的公共交通工具进入医院是有限的,特别是在服务不足的东部和西部地区. 这种不公平的医疗保健准入不成比例地影响少数群体和低收入人口,突出了有针对性的规划的需要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 运输 地理 交通 地理
背景情况:
- 获得医疗保健对健康结果至关重要,公共交通对弱势群体至关重要.
- 获得医疗保健的不平等往往与社会经济和人口因素有关.
- 在城市环境中,公平获得医疗保健服务仍然是一个重大挑战.
研究的目的:
- 评估德克萨斯州奥斯市通过公共交通工具进入医院的空间差异.
- 分析社会经济和人口因素对基于公共交通的医疗保健获取的影响.
- 通过公共交通工具确定缺乏足够医院接入的服务不足的社区.
主要方法:
- 分析了德克萨斯州奥斯的30家医院和283个人口普查区.
- 包括人口统计数据 (种族,民族) 和社会经济数据 (贫困,保险状况).
- 利用TravelTime同步API为医院绘制一个小时的公共交通接收区.
主要成果:
- 存在显著的差异,奥斯西部和东部缺乏足够的公共交通医院一小时覆盖.
- 在283个人口普查区中,有160个在一个小时内被公共交通部分或完全不覆盖.
- 黑人,西班牙裔和没有保险的人口比例较高的地区在获取机会方面表现出更大的差异.
结论:
- 公共交通对医院的访问有限与高度的社会和经济脆弱性有关.
- 有针对性的运输和医疗保健规划对于解决服务不足地区的不平等问题至关重要.
- 减少医疗保健获取差异需要关注弱势群体和地理区域.
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