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Measures of Spatial Accessibility to Emergence Medical Services with a Modified Three-Step Floating Catchment Area Model : A Case Study of the Chungnam Province

수정 3SFCA 모형을 활용한 응급의료서비스 접근성 분석: 충청남도를 사례로

  • Park, Jeong Hwan (Future Strategy Research Division, Chungnam Institute) ;
  • Woo, Hyun Jee (Department of Geography Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Kim, Young Hoon (Department of Geography Education, Korea National University of Education)
  • 박정환 (충남연구원 미래전략연구단) ;
  • 우현지 (한국교원대학교 지리교육과) ;
  • 김영훈 (한국교원대학교 지리교육과)
  • Received : 2017.04.25
  • Accepted : 2017.05.20
  • Published : 2017.05.31
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Abstract

This paper presents an enhancement of the two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method for measuring spatial accessibility between three age groups, addressing the problem of uniform access within the catchment by applying multiple impedance function to account for distance decay and by applying weights to different age groups to account for medical service preference. The enhancement is provided to be another special care of the gravity model. When applying this modified three-step floating catchment area to measure the spatial access to emergency medical services in a study area, Chungnam province in South Korea, we find that it reveals the variation of spatial accessibility patterns between cities and rural areas and delineates more spatially explicit medical service shortage areas in southern Chungnam areas, especially remoted local rural areas. Finally, this method may be used to help the health and medical service divisions and the state departments improve designation of medical shortage areas. From the discussions, it is easy to implement in planning spatial policies of medical service and straightforward to be used as a basic, but core element for health and medical strategies in the province.

본 연구는 중력모델 기반의 접근도 분석 모델을 수정 보완하여 연령별 응급의료 서비스의 접근도를 분석한 내용이다. 보건의료 접근도 분석에 적용되고 있는 Two-Step Floating Catchment Area(2SFCA) 모델을 보완하여 임계거리 차별화, 거리조락 반영, 연령별 응급의료 이용가중치, 관내 응급의료기관 선택가중치 등을 반영하였다. 개선된 접근도 모델(Modified Three-Step Floating Catchment Area model, M3SFCA)을 통해 충청남도 응급의료기관의 공간적 접근성 분석을 하였다. 분석 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 유소년층, 청장년층, 노년층 모두 응급의료기관을 중심으로 접근성이 높고, 임계거리가 중첩되는 지역에서 접근성이 높았다. 둘째, 시군 연령별 공간적 접근성은 연령대별로 지역차가 뚜렷하며, 전반적으로 북부지역이 남부지역보다 접근성이 높게 나타났다. 셋째, 연령별로 접근성 차이가 발생한 이유는 연령별 임계거리, 응급의료기관 이용비중, 관내 기관 이용비중이 각각 다르며, 연령별 총 인구수의 차이로 나타났다. 마지막으로 본 연구는 응급의료 접근도 모델 개선을 통해 이론적 연구를 통한 실제 현장의 활용성의 가능성과 잠재성을 확인하였다. 연구 결과를 바탕으로 보건의료 및 응급의료 관련 정책 개발 및 활용에 기여할 것으로 기대한다.

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