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| − | <div>Our project aims to make use of geospatial intelligence to explore the potential of allocating nearby doctors within estates to the residents, in particular the elderly to combat the issues of an ageing population. </div>
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| − | <div>Between 1965 and this year, Singapore’s population grew from 1.9 million to 5.71 million. However, the number of citizens aged 65 and above is increasing rapidly, as population growth slows. The size of this group of citizens doubled from 220,000 in year 2000 to 886,000 today, and is expected to increase even more by 2030. As the government look towards new ways in providing better social welfare, we aim to explore the possibility of allocating neighbourhood clinic doctors to nearby HDB blocks to ensure that those with mobility issues or disabilities receives adequate healthcare.</div>
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| − | <div><b>Our goals are : </b> </br>
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| − | * To build a GIS tool (an R Shiny app)
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| − | * Analyse the demand and supply of clinics using the proximity of each clinic in residential zones
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| − | * Evaluate results of analysis and provide recommendations to further improve the social welfare for the residents who require special assistance
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| − | <div>To achieve our project objectives, it is necessary for us to obtain the datasets that is available online for use. The following table depicts the list of datasets we require and how we can obtain them:<div>
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| − | Our team aims to create a dashboard that will display all the clinics (medical and TCM) across Singapore. We will also display dwellings in the respective subzones and the estimated number of elderly aged 65 and above staying there. Just the above will show the supply and demand for healthcare in clinics. Further analysis will be calculated on how the supply and demand are met, as well as to identify any potential gaps e.g. overdemand or oversupply of healthcare facilities in a particular subzone.
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