{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2581991330","doi":null,"title":"Measuring and Improving Seniors' Access to Medical Facilities","display_name":"Measuring and Improving Seniors' Access to Medical Facilities","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2581991330","mag":"2581991330"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:opencommons.uconn.edu:gs_theses-2139","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://opencommons.uconn.edu/gs_theses/1042","pdf_url":"https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2139&context=gs_theses","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196438","display_name":"OpenCommons - UConn (University of Connecticut)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I140172145","host_organization_name":"University of Connecticut","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I140172145"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Master's Theses","raw_type":"text"},"volume":null,"type":"dissertation","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2139&context=gs_theses","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5054018082","display_name":"Angelika Zygo","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Angelika Zygo","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5054018082"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":3,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10698","display_name":"Transportation Planning and Optimization","score":0.6851000189781189,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3313","display_name":"Transportation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10698","display_name":"Transportation Planning and Optimization","score":0.6851000189781189,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3313","display_name":"Transportation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10298","display_name":"Urban Transport and Accessibility","score":0.3061999976634979,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3313","display_name":"Transportation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12315","display_name":"Older Adults Driving Studies","score":0.0038999998942017555,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2717","display_name":"Geriatrics and Gerontology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/older-adults","display_name":"older adults","score":0.8519999980926514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-transport-accessibility","display_name":"public transport accessibility","score":0.7829999923706055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transit-network-design","display_name":"transit network design","score":0.7020000219345093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/equitable-access","display_name":"equitable access","score":0.746999979019165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/aging-in-place","display_name":"aging in place","score":0.7519999742507935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/off-peak-travel","display_name":"off-peak travel","score":0.7360000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/new-haven-connecticut","display_name":"New Haven","score":0.6399999856948853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/environmental-justice","display_name":"environmental justice","score":0.4699999988079071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/executive-order-12898","display_name":"Executive Order 12898","score":0.9800000190734863}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.4341079592704773},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3469809293746948}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:opencommons.uconn.edu:gs_theses-2139","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://opencommons.uconn.edu/gs_theses/1042","pdf_url":"https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2139&context=gs_theses","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196438","display_name":"OpenCommons - UConn (University of Connecticut)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I140172145","host_organization_name":"University of Connecticut","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I140172145"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Master's Theses","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu:gs_theses-2139","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/gs_theses/1042","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401180","display_name":"OpenCommons at University of Connecticut (University of Connecticut)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I140172145","host_organization_name":"University of Connecticut","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I140172145"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Master's Theses","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"mag:2581991330","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://digitalcommons.uconn.edu/gs_theses/1042/","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:opencommons.uconn.edu:gs_theses-2139","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://opencommons.uconn.edu/gs_theses/1042","pdf_url":"https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2139&context=gs_theses","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196438","display_name":"OpenCommons - UConn (University of Connecticut)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I140172145","host_organization_name":"University of Connecticut","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I140172145"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Master's Theses","raw_type":"text"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.8787999749183655,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/11","display_name":"Sustainable cities and communities"},{"score":0.8371999859809875,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","display_name":"Good health and well-being"},{"score":0.7578999996185303,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/10","display_name":"Reduced inequalities"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2581991330.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2581991330.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":13,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W583700518","https://openalex.org/W606371449","https://openalex.org/W1579829053","https://openalex.org/W1970484348","https://openalex.org/W1991484715","https://openalex.org/W2009142344","https://openalex.org/W2030983191","https://openalex.org/W2093286150","https://openalex.org/W2099729899","https://openalex.org/W2108707239","https://openalex.org/W2120087232","https://openalex.org/W2246828808","https://openalex.org/W2582691847"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4306164706","https://openalex.org/W4405976516","https://openalex.org/W3182950162","https://openalex.org/W2150987840","https://openalex.org/W4286264848","https://openalex.org/W2515771402","https://openalex.org/W2792630174","https://openalex.org/W2326832436","https://openalex.org/W4281814899","https://openalex.org/W2731179362"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,106,418],"travel":[1,51,70,307,319,326,348],"behaviors":[2,52,71],"of":[3,33,61,68,80,89,101,108,131,186,224,231,235,258,309,316,318,338,353,380,395,398,414,455,473],"older":[4,90,112],"adults":[5,91,98,113],"often":[6],"shift":[7],"as":[8,29,96],"they":[9,359],"retire,":[10],"begin":[11],"second":[12,272],"careers":[13],"and":[14,39,53,104,237,320,367,436],"make":[15,360],"residence":[16],"location":[17],"choices":[18],"geared":[19],"towards":[20],"aging":[21],"in":[22,93,146,175,208,228,429,439,447],"place.":[23],"Those":[24],"who":[25],"rely":[26],"on":[27,65,142,165,184,214,241,268,275,278,377,422],"transit":[28,109,132,195,279,409],"their":[30,49],"primary":[31],"mode":[32],"transportation":[34,82,259],"can":[35],"face":[36],"many":[37],"accessibility":[38,133],"connectivity":[40],"challenges":[41],"when":[42],"traveling":[43],"to":[44,48,83,110,116,155,201,249,291,296,306,325,344,391,407,451,466],"basic":[45],"amenities":[46],"due":[47],"unique":[50],"declining":[54],"mobility":[55,87],"with":[56,114,222,294,365,470],"advanced":[57],"age.":[58],"First":[59],"chapter":[60,212,273],"this":[62,139,310],"thesis":[63],"focuses":[64,141,164,213],"a":[66,73,122,128,170,220,284,332,346,401,426,437,441],"subset":[67],"these":[69],"through":[72],"literature":[74],"review":[75],"then":[76],"evaluates":[77],"the":[78,85,159,188,194,205,209,269,271,314,336,339,351,354,378,381,393,408,412,448,453],"ability":[79,107],"public":[81],"meet":[84],"specific":[86],"needs":[88,394],"(defined":[92],"three":[94],"ways:":[95],"those":[97],">65":[99],"years":[100],"age,":[102],">75":[103],">85).":[105],"provide":[111],"access":[115,154,200,215,218,290,461],"medical":[117,156,202,292,362],"facilities":[118,157,203,293],"is":[119,301,405,420,433,445],"measured":[120],"using":[121],"pair-wise":[123],"Transit":[124,167],"Opportunity":[125],"Index":[126],"(TOI),":[127],"comprehensive":[129],"measure":[130],"between":[134],"origin-destination":[135],"pairs.":[136],"In":[137],"particular,":[138],"study":[140],"assessing":[143],"whether":[144],"seniors":[145,192],"various":[147],"age":[148],"groups":[149],"have":[150,198,265,345],"better":[151,199],"or":[152],"worse":[153],"than":[158,204,335,350],"general":[160,206],"population.":[161,298,340,355],"This":[162,299],"analysis":[163],"CT":[166],"New":[168,176,415],"Haven,":[169,177,416],"fixed-route":[171],"bus":[172,464],"system":[173],"operating":[174],"Connecticut.":[178,417],"Although":[179,261],"might":[180],"be":[181],"varying":[182],"based":[183],"time":[185,315],"day,":[187],"results":[189],"suggest":[190],"that":[191,358],"within":[193],"service":[196,386],"area":[197],"population":[207,397,442,472],"same":[210],"area.\\nSecond":[211],"improvement.":[216],"Equitable":[217],"became":[219],"concern":[221],"passing":[223],"non-discrimination":[225],"requirements":[226],"specified":[227],"Title":[229],"IV":[230],"Civil":[232],"Rights":[233],"Act":[234],"1964":[236],"Executive":[238],"Order":[239],"12898":[240],"environmental":[242],"justice.":[243],"Increasing":[244],"need":[245,382],"for":[246,288,383,411],"new":[247],"methodologies":[248,264],"incorporate":[250],"equity":[251],"into":[252],"network":[253,280,410],"design":[254],"quickly":[255],"gained":[256],"interest":[257],"researchers.":[260],"very":[262],"few":[263],"been":[266],"developed":[267],"subject,":[270],"builds":[274],"available":[276],"tools":[277],"optimization.":[281],"It":[282],"develops":[283],"frequency":[285,402,465],"setting":[286,403],"model":[287,404,419],"equitable":[289],"respect":[295],"elderly":[297],"research":[300],"motivated":[302],"by":[303,462],"findings":[304],"related":[305],"characteristics":[308],"particular":[311],"group,":[312],"mainly,":[313],"day":[317],"trip":[321],"purpose.":[322],"Seniors":[323,341],"tend":[324,343],"during":[327,372,387],"off":[328,373,388],"peak":[329,374,389],"hours":[330,390],"at":[331],"rate":[333],"higher":[334,471],"rest":[337,352],"also":[342],"different":[347],"purpose":[349],"Research":[356],"shows":[357],"frequent":[361,385],"trips,":[363],"along":[364],"shopping":[366],"running":[368],"errands":[369],"all":[370,431],"done":[371],"hours.":[375],"Based":[376],"recognition":[379],"more":[384],"accommodate":[392],"increasing":[396],"seniors\u2019":[399],"worldwide,":[400],"applied":[406],"City":[413],"tested":[421],"two":[423],"demand":[424,432,454],"scenarios:":[425],"base":[427],"case":[428],"which":[430,440],"treated":[434],"equally,":[435],"scenario":[438],"weight":[443],"factor":[444],"included":[446],"objective":[449],"function":[450],"prioritize":[452],"protected":[456],"populations.":[457],"Results":[458],"show":[459],"improved":[460],"shifting":[463],"routes":[467],"serving":[468],"areas":[469],"seniors.":[474]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-27T15:51:10.671819","created_date":"2017-02-03T00:00:00"}