Journal article
Demand and level of service inflation in Floating Catchment Area (FCA) methods
Abstract
Floating Catchment Area (FCA) methods are a popular tool to investigate accessibility to public facilities, in particular health care services. FCA approaches are attractive because, unlike other accessibility measures, they take into account the potential for congestion of facilities. This is done by 1) considering the population within the catchment area of a facility to calculate a variable that measures level of service, and then 2) …
Authors
Paez A; Higgins CD; Vivona SF
Journal
PLOS ONE, Vol. 14, No. 6,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0218773
ISSN
1932-6203