Bulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthBulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health2415-84102415-8429FSSBI «N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health»278510.25742/NRIPH.2023.03.020Научная статьяDevelopment of medico-geographical research in the context of accessibility of medical care to the populationAnanchenkovaPolina I.ananchenkova@yandex.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1791-1292AksenovaElena I.eiak@yandex.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1600-1641N. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthState Budgetary Institution “Research Institute for Healthcare Organization and Medical Management of Moscow Healthcare Department”26052023305052025Copyright © 2025,2025<p>Medico-geographical research is an applied field of medical geography aimed at studying and evaluating the spatial spread of diseases and the placement of objects of territorial health systems. As a research method, medical and social mapping makes it possible to assess the spatial accessibility of social infrastructure and reduce social inequality in public access to medical care. In the presented work, a scientific review of works reflecting the problem of inequality and accessibility of medical care in the context of medical and geographical research is carried out. It is concluded that medico-geographical studies, which focus on the spatial placement of medical facilities, make a major contribution to solving the problem of spatial accessibility of medical care and reducing inequality.</p>medical geographymedical-geographical researchinequalityaccessibilitymedical carespatial placementмедицинская географиямедико-географические исследованиянеравенстводоступностьмедицинская помощьпространственное размещение1.The role of geography in addressing global health needs. URL:https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/role-geography-addressing-global-health-needs/41934/ (дата обращения: 2.05.2023г.)2.3.Transportation Statistics Annual Report. BTS97-S-01. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. U.S.Department of Transportation. 1997. Washington, DC. 1997.4.5.Alford-Teaster J., Lange J.M., Hubbard R.A., Lee C.I, Haas J.S., Shi X., Carlos H.A., Henderson L., Hill D., Tosteson A.N-A., Onega T. Is the closest facility the one actually used? An assessment of travel time estimation based on mammography facilities. International Journal of Health Geographics. 2016;15(8):18—39.6.7.Henry K.A., Boscoe F.P., Johnson C.J., Goldberg D.W., Sherman R., Cockburn M. Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis: Is Travel Time Important? Journal of Community Health. 2011;36(6):933—942.8.9.General Accounting Office (GAO). Health Care Shortage Areas: Designation Not a Useful Tool for Directing Resources to the Underserved (GAO/HEHS-95–2000), Washington, DC. 1995.10.11.Khan A.A. An integrated approach to measuring potential spatial access to health care services. Socio-economic Planning Science. 1992;26:275—287.12.13.Luo W., Wang F. Measures of spatial accessibility to health care in a GIS environment: synthesis and a case study in the Chicago region. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design. 2003;30:865—884.