MHA State Distance to Care Tutorial
Analyzing distance and time to ob/gyn, pediatric, and primary care clinics in the state of Maryland down to the Census tract level.
How to use the dashboard
A link to this tutorial is located in the menu (upper right - next to the filters) if you ever need to refer back to it.
Map
SDOH Risk Index
Hospital Systems
Summary Cards
Data Tables
Filters
The Dashboard
Data Sources
- HSR.health's SDOH Risk Index
- US Census
- SafeGraph
Methodology
For each service line, or clinic type, the following procedures were applied.
- A combination of Census designated populated places in Maryland (536) and randomly generated points in each Census tract, zip code, and county (4,069) are set as the origin point from which distance and duration to each clinic is determined and the shortest distance is saved.
- For each area of interest (Census tract, zip code, county, and hospital system), or AOI, the average distance and duration is calculated based upon those places within each AOI.
- Statistical analysis (standard deviation) of the average distances and durations are used to categorize each AOI as within the state's average, above, well above, or highly above.
- The various data sources are joined together and visualized for ease of understanding.
What HSR.Health provides
HSR.health is an innovation-first healthcare technology firm and the leading provider of health-focused geospatial data analytics. Our AI-enabled, geospatial platform curates data globally and provides actionable health risk data analytics to healthcare industry professionals, NGO’s, and government entities.
