报告人简介

王法辉

WANG Fahui

路易斯安那州立大学Cyril & Tutta Vetter Alumni命名教授

路易斯安那州立大学 研究生院副院长

Fahui Wang is Cyril & Tutta Vetter Alumni Professor and Associate Dean of the Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School, Louisiana State University (LSU). He earned his B.S. in geography from Peking University, China (1988), and M.A. in economics (1993) and PhD in city and regional planning (1995) from the Ohio State University. He was a recipient of the LSU Rainmaker Award for outstanding research, scholarship and creative activity (2015), LSU Distinguished Faculty Award (2018), LSU Distinguished Research Master Award (2022), and the CPGIS Distinguished Scholar Award (2023). His research revolves around human geography (urban, economic, and transportation), city and regional planning, crime analysis, and public health, with a methodological focus on spatial analytics in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). He is among the top 1% most-cited researchers in Geography in the world.

For more information, visit http://faculty.lsu.edu/fahui/.

讲座内容

While telehealth is utilized and encouraged to reduce the cost and travel burden for access to healthcare, there are debates on whether telehealth can promote equity in healthcare services by narrowing the gap among diverse groups. Using the Two-Step Floating Catchment Area (2SFCA) and Two-Step Virtual Catchment Area (2SVCA) methods, this presentation compares the disparities of physical and virtual access to primary care physicians (PCPs) in Louisiana. Both physical and virtual access to PCPs exhibit similar spatial patterns with higher scores concentrated in urban areas, followed by low-density and rural areas. However, the two accessibility measures diverge where broadband availability and affordability come to play an important role. Residents in rural areas experience additive disadvantage of even more limited telehealth accessibility than physical accessibility due to lack of broadband service provision. Areas with greater Black population proportions tend to have better physical accessibility, but such an advantage is eradicated for telehealth accessibility because of lower broadband subscription rates in these neighborhoods. Both physical and virtual accessibility scores decline in neighborhoods with higher Area Deprivation Index (ADI) values, and the disparity is further widened for virtual accessibility compared to physical accessibility.

讲座时间与地点

讲座时间:  2023年12月5日 10:00-11:30

讲座地点:  哈工大(深圳) H301

（审核：马航）