Our two main outcome measures for access to health facilities are shown in Table 2: (1) the percentage of live births during the three years prior to the survey date that took place in a health facility, and (2) the percentage of children under 3 years of age that were treated at a health facility, of those who reported coughing and rapid breathing in the two weeks prior to the survey.
Regarding the nine legal empowerment measures for access to justice and the rule of law, the CRPD addresses four measures fully, three partly and two not at all.
Overall, the CRPD fully or partially supports two-thirds of the proposed measures (seven out of nine measures for access to justice and the rule of law, none of the five measures for property rights, all seven measures for labor rights, and six out of nine measures for business rights).
Geodata on infrastructure are used to account for accessibility, which can serve as a measure for market access and trade.
To investigate this hypothesis we need to develop an appropriate similarity measure for an access network.
When we apply the Kakwani measure for evaluating access inequality for medical services, we cannot characterize these two extreme situations.
The result further indicates that the markets from which distance is measured are not homogeneous, and underscores the need to verify the same while using the varibale as a measure for market access.
The importance of using the match rate is to provide an objective quantitative measure for FQHC access and utilization.
Our modification creates a custom-made measure of access inequality for medical services.
By combining the four key elements of availability of, and proximity to, services, health needs and mobility and through its calculation at the smallest feasible geographical scale using improved methods, the Index of Rural Access provides a more sensitive and appropriate measure of access, particularly for rural populations, than existing methods.
