# access_lib: A Python Framework for Multimodal Healthcare Accessibility Analysis Based on the Extended E2SFCA Model

> This article introduces the access_lib project, a Python framework for healthcare accessibility analysis that supports demand estimation, transportation network analysis, sensitivity analysis, and scenario simulation to facilitate optimal allocation of healthcare resources.

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## access_lib Framework Guide: A Healthcare Accessibility Analysis Tool Based on Extended E2SFCA

# Core Guide to the access_lib Framework

access_lib is a Python framework for healthcare accessibility analysis developed based on the Extended E2SFCA (Enhanced Two-Step Floating Catchment Area) model. It supports functions such as demand estimation, transportation network analysis, sensitivity analysis, and scenario simulation, aiming to address the multi-dimensional challenges of quantifying healthcare accessibility and helping decision-makers scientifically evaluate and optimize the allocation of healthcare resources.

## Background and Challenges of Quantifying Healthcare Accessibility

# Background and Challenges of Quantifying Healthcare Accessibility

Equitable distribution of healthcare resources is a core issue in public health policy, but 'accessibility' involves multiple dimensions such as geographical distance, transportation conditions, population demand, and service capacity, making it difficult to quantify simply. Traditional supply-demand ratio indicators ignore the complexity of spatial interactions and cannot accurately reflect the ease with which residents actually access healthcare services, which led to the development of the access_lib project.

## E2SFCA Model and Extended Improvements in access_lib

# E2SFCA Model and Extended Improvements

## Basic Logic of the E2SFCA Model
- Step 1: Centered on healthcare facilities, calculate the supply-demand ratio within the service radius
- Step 2: Centered on residential areas, accumulate the supply-demand ratios within the accessible range to obtain the accessibility index

## Extensions in access_lib
- Accessibility calculation for multiple transportation modes (driving, public transit, walking, etc.)
- Dynamic demand estimation (population age structure, disease incidence rate, etc.)
- Service capacity constraints (differences in admission capacity among hospitals of different levels)
- Multi-time slice analysis (weekdays vs. weekends, peak vs. off-peak hours)

## Modular Framework Architecture of access_lib

# Modular Framework Architecture

### Data Layer
Supports reading and writing of vector data (Shapefile, GeoJSON, etc.), raster data (GeoTIFF, etc.), network data (OSM data), and attribute data (CSV, Excel, etc.)

### Core Modules
- **Demand Estimation**: Population interpolation, disease incidence mapping, age-standardized weights, etc.
- **Transportation Network**: Shortest path calculation, multi-mode integration, real-time traffic interface, differentiated travel modeling
- **Analysis Engine**: Extended E2SFCA algorithm, supporting decay function selection and parallel computing
- **Scenario Simulation**: Impact of telemedicine, network outage shocks, facility layout optimization (genetic algorithms, etc.)

## Application Cases of access_lib

# Application Cases

1. **Urban-Rural Healthcare Gap Assessment**: Analyze provincial-level urban-rural specialized healthcare gaps to support the construction of county-level medical communities
2. **Emergency Network Optimization**: Evaluate the coverage efficiency of emergency stations, simulate the location of new stations, and reduce response time by 15%
3. **Pandemic Response Planning**: Evaluate the accessibility of fever clinics and develop emergency transfer plans

## Sensitivity Analysis Enhances Result Credibility

# Sensitivity Analysis Functions

- Single-factor analysis: Adjust parameters to observe result changes
- Multi-factor analysis: Monte Carlo simulation to evaluate parameter combination uncertainty
- Scenario comparison: Result differences under different assumptions
- Visualization report: Automatically generate heatmaps, tornado charts, etc.

Helps identify key parameters, enhance the robustness of conclusions, and provide quantitative information on result uncertainty

## Limitations and Future Development Directions

# Limitations and Future Outlook

## Current Limitations
- Efficiency of large-scale network analysis needs improvement
- Real-time traffic data interface is not perfect
- 3D spatial accessibility is not supported

## Future Directions
- Introduce graph neural networks to improve demand prediction accuracy
- Develop a web visualization interface to lower the entry barrier
- Build an interface for a global open database of healthcare facilities
- Support multi-objective optimization algorithms to handle facility layout problems