A Maximal Multimodal Accessibility Equality Model to Optimize the Equality of Healthcare Services
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. Equality of Healthcare Accessibility
2.2. Accessibility Measures Considering Multiple Transport Modes
2.3. Models for the Optimization of the Equality of Accessibility
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Measuring Multimodal Accessibility
3.2. The Maximal Multimodal Accessibility Equality Model
3.3. The Study Area and Data
4. Results
4.1. Optimization Results of the MMAE Model
4.2. Comparisons with the Single-Modal MAE Model
4.3. Optimal Allocation of Newly Added Resources
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Scenario | MAD of Accessibility * | Equality Improvement ** |
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Actual allocation | 0.287 | / |
Multimodal optimization | 0.087 | 69.7% |
Car-modal optimization, car-modal accessibility | 0.114 | 60.3% |
Car-modal optimization, multimodal accessibility | 0.124 | 56.8% |
Transit-modal optimization, transit-modal accessibility | 0.188 | 34.5% |
Transit-modal optimization, multimodal accessibility | 0.199 | 30.7% |
New resource allocation scenario | 0.168 | 41.5% |
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Tao, Z.; Zhong, Q.; Dang, Y. A Maximal Multimodal Accessibility Equality Model to Optimize the Equality of Healthcare Services. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2024, 13, 278. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi13080278
Tao Z, Zhong Q, Dang Y. A Maximal Multimodal Accessibility Equality Model to Optimize the Equality of Healthcare Services. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2024; 13(8):278. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi13080278
Chicago/Turabian StyleTao, Zhuolin, Qianyu Zhong, and Yinuo Dang. 2024. "A Maximal Multimodal Accessibility Equality Model to Optimize the Equality of Healthcare Services" ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 13, no. 8: 278. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi13080278