Study Area

Selected Research Projects:

• Funded by U.S. Housing and Urban Development in Association with the Charlotte/Mecklenburg Hospital Authority and the Sheps Center for Health Services Research
  
  "Normative Models and Healthcare Planning:
  Network-Based Simulations within a GIS Environment"
  
  S.J. Walsh, P.H. Page, and W.M. Gesler
  Department of Geography, University of North Carolina

• Funded by Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
  
  "Geographic Accessibility of Health Care in Rural Areas"
  
  W.M. Gesler¹, T.A. Arcury¹, S.J. Walsh¹, J. Preisser², E. Stutts³, S.M. Jones³, and B.L. Jones^{3
  1} University of North Carolina, ²Wake Forest University, ³Research Triangle Institute

Charts, Slides, Graphics and Other Related Information

• GIS Processing Steps
• Methods
• Network Analysis Within A GIS
• Economic Indicators - Charlotte Metro Area
• Hospital Service Areas: Network Analysis: Road Network
• Hospital Service Areas: 1991 Patient Population
• Hospital Service Areas: 1991 Patient Population x 2
• Pediatric Population, 1990 - Charlotte Metro Area
• Pediatric Population & High Economic Status, 1990
• Pediatric Population & Low Economic Status, 1990