Modeling Physical Accessibility to Health Care and Geographic Coverage (AccessMod©)
What results have already been obtained using AccessMod©?
To date the use of AccessMod© has provided estimations for 14 countries in the context of cost-effectiveness analysis (see an example on slide 11 of session 3 of the training resources posted on this site).
Versions 2.1 and 2.2 were used to conduct a geographical coverage analysis in one of Bolivia's health regions (Black et al., 2004).
This tool has also been used to demonstrate the importance of the quality of some key layers of information (for example, road network, built up areas, etc) while planning extension of catchment areas (Ebener et al, 2004). This exercise has also demonstrated that a catchment area may extend further beyond a 5 km radius from a general practice.
More recently, version 3.0 has been used to measure inequity in access to HIV/AIDS care in Malawi (paper for publication in preparation).