01 — Research
Research
Summaries of research using the CARI+, peer-reviewed papers, research summaries, and supporting methods documentation.
Featured research
Methods
Constructing CARI+: a population-weighted index of accessibility for rural Canada
How travel time and distance from dissemination-area centroids to six service-centre size categories combine into a single 0–1 index.
Application
CARI+ Indicator: Access to 24-hour Emergency Departments across rural Canada
Distance and travel-time accessibility to 24h EDs, derived from the Open Database of Healthcare Facilities and the Canadian Road Network File.
Plain language
What is the Canadian Accessibility and Remoteness Index (CARI+), in plain language?
A short explainer on the CARI+, and how we measure how easy or hard it is for rural Canadians to reach hospitals, schools, and other essential services.
All Research Summaries
Summaries of research related to the CARI+ and rural data in Canada.
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CARI+ Dataset – Birth Services
This version of the Canadian Accessibility and Remoteness Index (CARI+) measures access to public high schools in Canada via travel time and distance. Rural…
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Mapping Access to Birth Services in Canada
This research uses the Canadian Accessibility and Remoteness Index (CARI+) to describe access to obstetrical and birth services across Canada via travel time and…
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CARI+ Dataset – Population Centres
This generalized version of the Canadian Accessibility and Remoteness Index (CARI+) measures rurality using a population-weighted score to population centres by travel time and…
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CARI+ Dataset – High Schools
This version of the Canadian Accessibility and Remoteness Index (CARI+) measures access to public high schools in Canada via travel time and distance. Access…
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CARI+ Dataset – Youth Mental Health Facilities
Accessibility to facilities in Ontario that treat and diagnose Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in…
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CARI+ Dataset – Pharmacies in Ontario
Access to pharmacies in Ontario, Canada is calculated using the Canadian Accessibility and Remoteness Index (CARI+) via travel time and distance to publicly accessible…