Using Geographic Information Systems in health disparities research: Access to care considerations.
Geographic Information Systems
geographic disparities
health disparities
health services accessibility
rural hospitals
Journal
Research in nursing & health
ISSN: 1098-240X
Titre abrégé: Res Nurs Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7806136
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 2023
12 2023
Historique:
revised:
22
09
2023
received:
29
03
2023
accepted:
30
09
2023
medline:
8
11
2023
pubmed:
16
10
2023
entrez:
16
10
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In health disparities research, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) provide nurse researchers with powerful tools to incorporate spatial factors, such as access to care and related attributes like socioeconomic and environmental characteristics, into their studies. This article educates nurse scientists about GIS-based research benefits and considerations (focusing on access-to-care factors) and the influence of various access-to-care metrics on research outcomes. We present an overview of GIS in nursing and health disparities research, along with findings from our 2022 study examining access to care's relationship with county-level mortality rates in Tennessee, especially in areas where rural hospitals closed between 2010 and 2019. We highlight three distinct access-to-care measures (Euclidean distances and road network-based travel times based on county and census tract centroids), showcasing how different calculations impact our modeling results. Our results underscore the importance of understanding the choice of access-to-care metrics in GIS-based research to draw valid conclusions.
Types de publication
Review
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
635-644Subventions
Organisme : University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Organisme : Sigma Theta Tau Gamma Chi Chapter
Informations de copyright
© 2023 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
Références
Aday, L. A., & Andersen, R. (1974). A framework for the study of access to medical care. Health Services Research, 9(3), 208-220.
Adler, N. E., Cutler, D. M., Fielding, J. E., Galea, S., Glymour, M. M., Koh, H. K., & Satcher, D. (2016). Addressing social determinants of health and health disparities: A vital direction for health and health care. Vital Directions for Health and Health Care Series. https://doi.org/10.31478/201609t
Advani, R., Naess, H., & Kurz, M. W. (2017). The golden hour of acute ischemic stroke. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 25(1), 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-017-0398-5
Anderson, E. S., Greenwood-Ericksen, M., Wang, N. E., & Dworkis, D. A. (2019). Closing the gap: Improving access to trauma care in New Mexico (2007-2017). The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 37(11), 2028-2034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2019.02.030
Bell, B. S., Hoskins, R. E., Pickle, L., & Wartenberg, D. (2006). Current practices in spatial analysis of cancer data: Mapping health statistics to inform policymakers and the public. International Journal of Health Geographics, 5(1), 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-5-49
Bloch, J. R. (2011). Using geographical information systems to explore disparities in preterm birth rates among foreign-born and U.S.-born black mothers. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 40(5), 544-554. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1552-6909.2011.01273.x
Bolstad, P. (2019). GIS fundamentals: A first text on geographic information systems (6th ed.). Eider Press.
Brooks-LaSure, C., Fowler, E., Seshamani, M., & Tsai, D. (2021). Innovatio n at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: A vision for the next 10 years. Health Affairs Forefront. https://doi.org/10.1377/forefront.20210812.211558
Burkey, M. L., Bhadury, J., Eiselt, H. A., & Toyoglu, H. (2017). The impact of hospital closures on geographical access: Evidence from four southeastern states of the United States. Operations Research Perspectives, 4, 56-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orp.2017.03.003
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. (2021). 181 Rural hospital closures: January 2005 - present (138 since 2010). North Carolina Rural Health Research Program. September 16, 2021. https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/programs-projects/rural-health/rural-hospital-closures-archive/rural-hospital-closures/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2017). Health disparities. April 18, 2022. https://www.cdc.gov/aging/disparities/index.htm#:~:text=Health%20disparities%20are%20preventable%20differences,other%20population%20groups%2C%20and%20communities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: National Center for Health Statistics. (2021). 1999 - 2020 CDC WONDER online database: Multiple causes of death files. http://wonder.cdc.gov/mcd-icd10.html
Cohen, J. (1988). Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences (2nd ed.). ed. L. Erlbaum Associates.
Cross, S. H., Califf, R. M., & Warraich, H. J. (2021). Rural-urban disparity in mortality in the US from 1999 to 2019. Journal of the American Medical Association, 325(22), 2312-2314. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2021.5334
DePriest, K. N., Shields, T. M., & Curriero, F. C. (2019). Returning to our roots: The use of geospatial data for nurse-led community research. Research in Nursing & Health, 42(6), 467-475. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.21984
Donia, K. (2019). Try Collector for ArcGIS. Esri. April 26, 2022. https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/arcwatch/try-collector-for-arcgis/
Esri. (2019). Spatial analysis with ArcGIS Pro: Course workbook (3rd ed.).
Esri. (2022). History of GIS. April 19, 2022. https://www.esri.com/en-us/what-is-gis/history-of-gis#:~:text=The%20First%20GIS,inventory%20of%20its%20natural%20resources
Fawcett, J., & Russell, G. (2001). A conceptual model of nursing and health policy. Policy, politics & nursing practice, 2(2), 108-116. https://doi.org/10.1177/152715440100200205
Flaskerud, J. H., & Winslow, B. J. (1998). Conceptualizing vulnerable populations health-related research. Nursing Research, 47(2), 69-78. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006199-199803000-00005
Foley, R., Charlton, M., & Fotheringham, S. (2009). GIS in health and social care planning. Univ. de Lausanne-Faculté des géosciences et de l'environnement.
Golden, M. L., Downs, R. R., & Davis-Packard, K. (2005). Confidentiality issues and policies related to the utilization and dissemination of geospatial data for public health applications. The Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN): Columbia University.
Grady, P. A. (2017). Advancing science, improving lives: NINR's new strategic plan and the future of nursing science. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 49(3), 247-248. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12286
Huber, S., & Rust, C. (2016). Calculate travel time and distance with OpenStreetMap data using the Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM). The Stata Journal, 16(2), 416-423. https://doi.org/10.1177/1536867X1601600209
Kearney, M. H. (2017). Challenges of finding and filling a gap in the literature. Research in Nursing & Health, 40(5), 393-395. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.21812
Khan, A. A., & Bhardwaj, S. M. (1994). Access to health care: A conceptual framework and its relevance to health care planning. Evaluation & the Health Professions, 17(1), 60-76.
Krieger, N. (2003). Choosing area based socioeconomic measures to monitor social inequalities in low birth weight and childhood lead poisoning: The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project (US). Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 57(3), 186-199. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.57.3.186
Li, Y., Tang, H., & Lin, X. (2009). Spatial linear mixed models with covariate measurement errors. Statistica Sinica, 19(3), 1077-1093. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24308946
Li, D., Wang, S., & Li, D. (2015). Spatial data mining: Theory and application. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48538-5_4
Lind, J. D., Fickel, J., Cotner, B. A., Katzburg, J. R., Cowper-Ripley, D., Fleming, M., Ong, M. K., Bergman, A. A., Bradley, S. E., & Tubbesing, S. A. (2020). Implementing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) into VHA home based primary care. Geriatric Nursing, 41(3), 282-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2019.10.010
McCarthy, S., Moore, D., Smedley, W. A., Crowley, B. M., Stephens, S. W., Griffin, R. L., Tanner, L. C., & Jansen, J. O. (2021). Impact of rural hospital closures on health-care access. Journal of Surgical Research, 258, 170-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2020.08.055
Mollalo, A., Vahedi, B., & Rivera, K. M. (2020). GIS-based spatial modeling of COVID-19 incidence rate in the continental United States. Science of the Total Environment, 728, 138884. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138884
Moss, M. P., & Schell, M. C. (2004). GIS(c): A scientific framework and methodological tool for nursing research. Advances in Nursing Science, 27(2), 150-159. https://doi.org/10.1097/00012272-200404000-00008
Murry, V. M., Branam, L., Clinton, B., Sullivan, C., Henighan, R., Rice, R., Stansberry, T., & Hawkins, A. (2021). Rural hospital closures: The ambulance is our emergency room. https://tnhealthcarecampaign.org/rural-equity-report/
Ochiai, E., Blakey, C., McGowan, A., & Lin, Y. (2021). The evolution of the Healthy People initiative: A look through the decades. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 27(Suppl. 6), S225-S234. https://doi.org/10.1097/phh.0000000000001377
Ozdenerol, E. (2016). Spatial health inequalities adapting GIS tools and data analysis. CRC Press.
Penchansky, R., & Thomas, J. W. (1981). The concept of access: Definition and relationship to consumer satisfaction. Medical Care, 19(2), 127-140. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005650-198102000-00001
Polit, D., & Beck, C. (2017). Nursing research: Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice (10th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
Rababah, J., Curtis, A., & Drew, B. L. (2014). Informatics: Integrating a geographic information system into nursing research: Potentials and challenges. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 19(2), 9. https://doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.Vol19No02InfoCol01
Roehrich-Patrick, L., & Moreo, B. (2016). Just how rural or urban are Tennessee's 95 counties? Finding a measure for policy makers. Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Affairs. https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tacir/documents/2016JustHowRuralOrUrban.pdf
Rural Health Information Hub. (2021). Rural health disparities. August 4, 2021. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/topics/rural-health-disparities
Sander, H. A., Ghosh, D., van Riper, D., & Manson, S. M. (2010). How do you measure distance in spatial models? An example using open-space valuation. Environment and Planning B, Planning & Design, 37(5), 874-894. https://doi.org/10.1068/b35126
Sarrias, M. (2020). Random parameters and spatial heterogeneity using Rchoice in R. Region (Louvain-la-Neuve), 7(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.18335/region.v7i1.279
Sugg, M. M., Spaulding, T. J., Lane, S. J., Runkle, J. D., Harden, S. R., Hege, A., & Iyer, L. S. (2021). Mapping community-level determinants of COVID-19 transmission in nursing homes: A multi-scale approach. Science of the Total Environment, 752, 141946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141946
Tappen, R. M. (2022). Advanced nursing research: From theory to practice (3rd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Tennessee Department of Health. (2021). Joint annual reports (JAR). December 8, 2021. https://apps.health.tn.gov/PublicJARS/Default.aspx
Tian, B. (2017). GIS technology applications in environmental and earth sciences. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business.
Tudor, C. (2022, March 3). A preview of state and federal policy priorities: Advancing health equity, responding to the pandemic, and the investing in the field. https://academyhealth.org/blog/2022-03/preview-state-and-federal-policy-priorities-advancing-health-equity-responding-pandemic-and-investing-field
US Department of Commerce. (2021). TIGER/Line shapefiles. September 15, 2021. https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.html
US Department of Commerce. (2022). Glossary. September 17, 2023. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/about/glossary.html#par_textimage_13
US Department of Health and Human Services. (2021). Area health resources files data downloads. November 29, 2021. https://data.hrsa.gov/data/download
US Department of Homeland Security. (2021). Homeland infrastructure foundation-level data (HIFLD): Hospitals. December 3, 2021. https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/maps/geoplatform::hospitals/about
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. (2023). County health rankings model. May 31, 2023. https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/explore-health-rankings/county-health-rankings-model
Whitehead, J., Pearson, A. L., Lawrenson, R., & Atatoa-Carr, P. (2019). Spatial equity and realised access to healthcare-A geospatial analysis of general practitioner enrolments in Waikato, New Zealand. Rural and Remote Health, 19(4), 5349. https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH5349
Ye, H., & Kim, H. (2016). Locating healthcare facilities using a network-based covering location problem. GeoJournal, 81(6), 875-890. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-016-9744-9
Yin, P. (2018). Urban-rural inequalities in spatial accessibility to prenatal care: A GIS analysis of Georgia, USA, 2000-2010. GeoJournal, 84(3), 671-683. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-018-9884-1