Urban Public Transport Accessibility to Medical Services From the Perspective of Residents’ Travel: A Hybrid Assessment Based on the Whole Process

Equitable access to efficient medical services via public transport has always been one of the most important issues healthcare in urban development. To accurately measure accessibility (PTAMS), this research proposes a hybrid assessment method based on multiple public-transport related indicators, including time, cost, and walking rate, which considers whole process residents’ travel. The presented technique is then applied case Xi’an, China. Through classification facilities PTAMS levels, results show that: (a) value 3,080 residential areas Xi’an are highly consistent with standard normal distribution; (b) More than 80% can obtain high when considering use Class 1 (large-scale) hospitals, while 2 (small-scale) ones only cover less 40% areas; (c) There obvious spatial heterogeneity distribution hospitals serious lack equity; (d) Among large private retain higher equitability, making themselves best choice for residents, opposed government’s purpose establishing hospitals; (e) residents substantially dropped about 4% during morning peak-hour. However, subway protects nearby residents. This provides references suggestions how improve under existing network layout.