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How do administrative borders affect accessibility to hospitals? The case of Sweden

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  • Xiangli Meng
  • Kenneth Carling
  • Johan Håkansson
  • Pascal Rebreyend

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An administrative border might hinder the optimal allocation of a given set of resources by restricting the flow of goods, services, and people. In this paper, we address the question: Do administrative borders lead to poor accessibility to public service? In answering the question, we have examined the case of Sweden and its regional administrative borders and hospital accessibility. We have used detailed data on the Swedish road network, its hospitals, and its geo‐coded population. We have assessed the population's spatial accessibility to Swedish hospitals by computing the inhabitants' distance to the nearest hospital. We have also elaborated several scenarios ranging from strongly confining regional borders to no confinements of borders and recomputed the accessibility. Our findings imply that administrative borders are only marginally worsening the accessibility.

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  • Xiangli Meng & Kenneth Carling & Johan Håkansson & Pascal Rebreyend, 2018. "How do administrative borders affect accessibility to hospitals? The case of Sweden," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(3), pages 696-710, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijhplm:v:33:y:2018:i:3:p:e696-e710
    DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2520
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