Name
Abstract | ||
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We constructed a simulation model with a geographic information system (GIS) to predict the future shortage of beds in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. With a grid square method, we calculated patient numbers for every 500 square meters of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area until 2040 and estimated whether those in need could be admitted to hospitals within an hour's drive from their homes. The simulation demonstrates that after 2025 many patients may not be able to find hospitals within this time framework. The situation will be especially serious in the center of Tokyo and along the railway lines, where many senior citizens reside. We can now apply this innovative GIS method in many fields and especially for the precise estimation of future demands for and supply of medical assistance. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2014 | 10.3233/978-1-61499-432-9-1120 | Studies in Health Technology and Informatics |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
GIS,Health services needs and demand,Super-aged society,grid method | Geographic information system,Knowledge management,Medicine | Conference |
Volume | ISSN | Citations |
205 | 0926-9630 | 0 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.34 | 0 | 7 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doi Shunsuke | 1 | 1 | 1.76 |
| Takashi Inoue | 2 | 38 | 13.40 |
| Hiroo Ide | 3 | 0 | 1.35 |
| Toshihito Nakamura | 4 | 0 | 0.68 |
| Fujita Shinsuke | 5 | 1 | 1.42 |
| Takahiro Suzuki | 6 | 22 | 3.14 |
| Katsuhiko Takabayashi | 7 | 111 | 13.70 |