Fig. 3From: Potential accessibility scores for hospital care in a province of Japan: GIS-based ecological study of the two-step floating catchment area method and the number of neighborhood hospitalsGeographical distribution. Distribution of the population (left upper), hospitals (right upper), number of hospitals within the 5 km range (left lower), and E2SFCA score (right lower). In the central part of the given area, both population and hospitals were aggregated. Despite the small number of hospitals, the high E2SFCA score indicates the presence of community hospitals in depopulated areasBack to article page