Using floating catchment area (FCA) metrics to predict health care utilization patterns

Table 2 Percent of hospital visits (based on proportions) correctly predicted

METRIC, FUNCTION	MIN	MOD	HOSP	HIGH
E2SFCA, DLL	64.17	61.55	57.67	53.60
E2SFCA, GAUS	57.15	61.15	63.18	64.22
E2SFCA, EXP	66.14	64.53	59.85	51.45
E2SFCA, LCDF	63.62	65.57	61.43	56.95
M2SFCA, DLL	64.75	68.08	68.90	66.88
M2SFCA, GAUS	52.33	57.52	60.27	62.16
M2SFCA, EXP	64.31	67.03	68.53	63.28
M2SFCA, LCDF	57.82	65.45	68.23	67.66
3SFCA, DLL	64.60	67.05	67.65	65.99
3SFCA, GAUS	52.66	58.12	60.96	62.75
3SFCA, EXP	64.82	66.96	68.10	63.10
3SFCA, LCDF	58.57	65.70	67.93	67.35
H3SFCA, DLL	57.18	57.23	55.92	53.09
H3SFCA, GAUS	50.10	53.14	54.59	55.54
H3SFCA, EXP	57.28	57.78	56.56	50.55
H3SFCA, LCDF	54.04	57.43	57.11	54.95
DIST, DLL	53.65	49.99	45.76	41.75
DIST, GAUS	53.61	56.03	56.21	55.63
DIST, EXP	56.28	53.42	47.82	39.50
DIST, LCDF	57.46	55.18	49.57	44.90
HUFF, DLL	44.99	41.44	37.92	34.66
HUFF, GAUS	49.23	49.88	49.28	48.19
HUFF, EXP	48.15	44.88	39.78	32.97
HUFF, LCDF	51.10	46.80	41.34	37.34

Legend: The spatial accessibility metric and decay function are in the rows and the decay functions’ parameter settings are in the columns. The highest accuracy combination for each metric is in bold text

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