Department of Medical Informatics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad.
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Geospat Health. 2022 Mar 28;17(s1). doi: 10.4081/gh.2022.1079.
Appropriate accessibility to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) services is essential in the efficient management of the pandemic. Different geospatial methods and approaches have been used to measure accessibility to COVID-19 health-related services. This scoping review aimed to summarize and synthesize the geospatial studies conducted to measure accessibility to COVID-19 healthcare services. Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed were searched to find relevant studies. From 1113 retrieved unique citations, 26 articles were selected to be reviewed. Most of the studies were conducted in the USA and floating catchment area methods were mostly used to measure the spatial accessibility to COVID-19 services including vaccination centres, Intensive Care Unit beds, hospitals and test sites. More attention is needed to measure the accessibility of COVID-19 services to different types of users especially with combining different non-spatial factors which could lead to better allocation of resources especially in populations with limited resources.
合理获得 2019 冠状病毒病（COVID-19）服务对于有效管理大流行至关重要。不同的地理空间方法和方法已被用于衡量与 COVID-19 相关卫生服务的可及性。本范围综述旨在总结和综合评估 COVID-19 医疗服务可及性的地理空间研究。在 Web of Science、Scopus 和 PubMed 上搜索了相关研究。从 1113 条独特的引文检索中，选择了 26 篇文章进行审查。大多数研究在美国进行，最常用浮动集水区方法来衡量 COVID-19 服务（包括疫苗接种中心、重症监护室床位、医院和检测点）的空间可及性。需要更多地关注衡量 COVID-19 服务对不同类型用户的可及性，特别是结合不同的非空间因素，这可以导致更好地分配资源，特别是在资源有限的人群中。
