Designing utilization-based spatial healthcare accessibility decision support systems: A case of a regional health plan

In the U.S., myriad healthcare reforms have begun to show some positive effects on enabling “potential access”. One facet of healthcare access, “having access”, which is the availability and accessibility of health services for the surrounding populations, has not been adequately addressed. Research regarding “having access” is presently championed by a family of methods called Floating Catchment Area (FCA). However, existing scholarship is...