Method for Siting a Long-Term COVID Care Center in Lehigh Valley, PA
This study explores a method for siting a long-term COVID care center in the Lehigh Valley, PA region. It delves into criteria categories including accessibility, distance to medical centers, COVID cases, and risk factors. The approach involves data collection, ranking criteria, visualizing ranks, and adding points for each area to identify potential candidates. Various measures and datasets are utilized to assess population density, demographics, income, insurance status, and access to transportation.
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A Method for Siting a Long- Term COVID Care Center in Lehigh Valley, PA David Demopoulos
COVID-19: Method of spreading Symptoms
COVID Cases 188,128,952 33,797,400 1,017,319 COVID Deaths 4,059,339 605,905 27,782 Global United States Pennsylvania (PA) (As of 7/15/21)
Pennsylvania coronavirus trends: Case peaks Vulnerable groups
Lehigh Valley coronavirus trends: Number of cases and deaths Case peaks Risk-increasing conditions
Long-term COVID prevalence (US and PA) Care centers
Criteria categories: Accessibility Distance to a larger medical center More long-term COVID cases Risk factors
Criteria: Population density Population Remoteness Drive-time Access to transportation Income Insurance status Race/ethnicity Female gender Risk factor criteria
Approach: Get data Rank criteria Visualize ranks Add criteria points for each area Most points = candidate(s)
Measures: Datasets Measures Age, race/ethnicity, income, insurance, access to transportation Population density All criteria Drive-time Remoteness; drive-time NHGIS (US Census demographic data) PASDA (census tract data) PASDA (municipality data) PASDA (road data) PASDA (hospital data) How to measure risk factor data?
Product: Best location in Lehigh Valley Method can be applied elsewhere
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