Creating Catchment Areas for Existing Palliative Care Services

Spatial accessibility to current palliative care service locations was determined by creating catchment areas for existing services. These catchments were created using a vector GIS method based on a travel-time from residence to site of care based on a travel-time of 1 hour. The map of road-network based catchments for current palliative care services in BC is shown below. Blue catchments represent the 1 hour travel-time service areas for existing services, red catchments represent the service areas for future locations.