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dc.contributor.authorSurage, Justice
dc.contributor.authorTawiah, Richard
dc.contributor.authorTwumasi-Mensah, Timothy
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-17T07:52:09Z
dc.date.available2017-08-17T07:52:09Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn2056-4902
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/IJHRH-08-2016-0013
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/343854
dc.description.abstractPurpose: The purpose of this paper is to measure the spatial accessibility of primary healthcare facility in Ghanaian rural areas, by determining the barriers to healthcare accessibilities in the Amansie Central District. Design/methodology/approach: Both network and proximity analyses were performed on the digitized data such as road networks, settlements, population, district boundary, natural resources (rivers, streams and forest) and site location (health facilities). To quantify the population who have access to healthcare the authors used the Ghana Health Service access criteria that health facility should be accessible to an estimated population within 8 km radius from the facility. Findings: The overall mean distance to the nearest health facility in the district was 8.9 km. Fiankoma sub-district recorded the highest mean distance whereas Tweapease sub-district recorded the least. In general, 31.2 percent of the district population has no access to healthcare facility. Transportation was identified to be one of the major hindrances to healthcare accessibility and this was as a result of poor road network in the district. Research limitations/implications: The study was restricted to the Amansie Central District of Ghana. This limits the extent of generalization of results. Originality/value: The study proposed additional sites for siting new health facilities base on criteria such as population, distance, centrality and existing infrastructural development. This will consequently improve healthcare accessibility and utilization by increasing total coverage closer to 100 percent.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherEmerald Insight
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom56
dc.relation.ispartofpageto67
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare
dc.relation.ispartofvolume10
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth care administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420306
dc.titleGeographical perspective of modeling primary healthcare accessibility
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.griffith.authorTawiah, Richard


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