Development of Methods to identify Disparities between the Demand and Supply of Tertiary Emergency Care Using Geographic Information Systems.

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26870931
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Hygiene and public health; Emergency medicine
• Research Institution: Kyoto University (2015-2016); Center for Health Service, Outcomes Research and Development-Japan (2014)
• Principal Investigator: Sakai Michi 京都大学, 医学研究科, 研究員 (10604697)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 救急医療 / 地理情報システム / 地域医療 / 需給バランス / アクセス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study developed the methods to quantify and visualize disparities in supply-demand balance of tertiary emergency care in Japan by utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS). We proposed two indicators: 1) Coverage rate: the proportion of patients within 45 minutes to EMCs by ambulance, and 2) Institute-to-Patient Ratio (IPR): 1 / the number of patients within 45 minutes to EMCs. We believe our study may contribute to secondary data utilization and evidence-based decision making for examining resource allocation in emergency medicine.

Free Research Field

地域医療