<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The article seeks to analyse the accessibility of hospital healthcare to inhabitants of Łódź voivodeship in 2015. The analysis comprises all the communes of the Łódź region as well as those of the neighbouring voivodeships from which the theoretical time of reaching hospitals in Łódź voivodeship does not exceed the maximum time assumed in the research. Accessibility was determined in reference to 51 hospitals, assuming that their ‘attractiveness’ was related to the number of permanent beds they offered. The research was conducted using the three-step floating catchment area method (3SFCA).</p></abstract>

The article seeks to analyse the accessibility of hospital healthcare to inhabitants of Łódź voivodeship in 2015. The analysis comprises all the communes of the Łódź region as well as those of the neighbouring voivodeships from which the theoretical time of reaching hospitals in Łódź voivodeship does not exceed the maximum time assumed in the research. Accessibility was determined in reference to 51 hospitals, assuming that their ‘attractiveness’ was related to the number of permanent beds they offered. The research was conducted using the three-step floating catchment area method (3SFCA).

Spatial Accessibility of Hospital Healthcare in Łódź Voivodeship

Chair of Environmental Management and Spatial Policy, Łódź University, ul. Kopcińskiego 31, 90-142 Łódź,

Quaestiones Geographicae

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The article seeks to analyse the accessibility of hospital healthcare to inhabitants of Łódź voivodeship in 2015. The analysis comprises all the communes of...

Spatial Accessibility of Hospital Healthcare in Łódź Voivodeship

Published Online: Dec 22, 2016

Page range: 157 - 166

Received: Mar 15, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2016-0043

Keywords
accessibility, hospital, Łódź voivodeship, 3SFCA

© Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Spatial Accessibility of Hospital Healthcare in Łódź Voivodeship

Published Online: Dec 22, 2016

Page range: 157 - 166

Received: Mar 15, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2016-0043

Keywordsaccessibility, hospital, Łódź voivodeship, 3SFCA

© Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
accessibility, hospital, Łódź voivodeship, 3SFCA