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Circles of Care: a geospatial analysis of computed tomography (CT) imaging access and socioeconomic vulnerability in Houston, Texas

2026-04-29

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<h4>Background</h4> Computed tomography (CT) is a cornerstone of timely diagnosis for stroke, trauma, and oncologic conditions, and delays in access are associated with worsened outcomes. Although Houston, Texas, is home to one of the world’s largest medical complexes, the geographic distribution of CT imaging infrastructure has not been systematically examined against neighborhood-level measures of socioeconomic...

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Literature Corpus work: a301d131-1743-59f3-bc78-b47a4a7bfed7
DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.28.26351996

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