The impact of rural hospital closures on equity of commuting time for haemodialysis patients: simulation analysis using the capacity-distance model

Table 3 Effects of closure and capacity transfer simulations in the capacity-distance model

				Number of patients
	Capacity*	Gini**		Commuting time (min)
			All	30<	45<	60<	90<
No closure		0.4	7374	490	229	39	1
Closure simulations
Closed hospital(s)
R1	−15	0.440	7374	505	242	40	1
R2	−70	0.459	7374	537	285	90	31
R3	−100	0.462	7374	569	298	105	11
R4	−116	0.457	7374	577	230	39	4
R5	−18	0.440	7374	507	230	39	4
R1-5	−319	0.507	7374	774	494	256	72
U1-4	−324	0.433	7374	490	229	39	1
Capacity transfer simulation
Double R1-5 and close U1-4	+319324	0.428	7374	473	206	30	0

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