Geographic Coverage and Verification of Trauma Centers in a Rural State: Highlighting the Utility of Location-Allocation for Trauma System Planning

Vermont is a rural state that lacks a regionalized trauma system. Nearly 30% of the population is without access to trauma center care within 1 hour. Through geospatial location-allocation modeling, we identify facilities where targeted capacity improvement and center verification could have the greatest impact on equitable population-level access.

Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - October 2, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Stas S. Amato, Jamie S. Benson, Serena Murphy, Turner M. Osler, David Hosmer, Alan D. Cook, Daniel L. Wolfson, Andrew Erb, Ajai Malhotra, Gary An Tags: Original Scientific Article Source Type: research