Using geographical information systems to analyse accessibility to health services in the West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territory
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Using geographical information systems to analyse accessibility to health services in the West Bank, occupied Palestinian territory.
Accessibility to adequate health services is a basic human right. Israeli road blocks and checkpoints inhibit access to health care for the Palestinian population. While other studies have dealt with the impact of the barriers, few are based on actual measurements of transport times between locations. Geographical information systems (GIS) and network analysis were used to generate different es...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1020-3397
DOI: 10.26719/2012.18.8.796