Evaluating Accessibility of Healthcare Delivery in Edo South Senatorial District using Kernel Density Estimation

Sound health is a major requirement for living essential and productive life. Meanwhile, due to lack of access to quality healthcare delivery, some treatable health conditions often goes untreated and which has in turn reduced productive life of many generations. Kernel Density Estimations (KDE) and Geographic Information System (GIS) based spatial analytical tools and nearest neighbor methods were implemented. Results indicated that health facilities were majorly distributed in Benin City and its environs, while low accessibility to healthcare services was observed in some Local Government Areas. It was also noted that a gross inadequacy exists in healthcare facilities and physicians in the Senatorial District. Thus, the result identified the need for urgent improvements in healthcare delivery system in the region.