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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of ISA when accounting or not for the edge effect—North department

From: Does the edge effect impact on the measure of spatial accessibility to healthcare providers?

 

When not accounting for the edge effects

When accounting edge effects

Min¥

Mean (SD*)

Maxɸ

Min¥

Mean (SD*)

Maxɸ

GPs

1.67

93.42 (35.74)

245.88

1.67

92.98 (35.17)

245.88

Midwives

0

22.64 (11.57)

50.29

0

21.16 (11.06)

49.90

Gynecologists

0

22.47 (9.51)

43.76

0

20.20 (8.62)

41.46

Composite index**

0.40

39.38 (14.19)

91.43

0.41

39.40 (13.92)

91.98

  1. ISA GPs is expressed per 100,000 inhabitants, ISA Midwives per 100,000 women inhabitants aged between 15 and 44 and ISA gynecologists per 100,000 women inhabitants
  2. *Standard deviation
  3. **Composite ISA resulting from the principal component analysis
  4. ¥Minimum
  5. ɸMaximum