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Access Gap

Sara Carter · ONDCP

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Rank #5 of 10 by shortfall

Bayou BendLA

Critical gap

Treatment slots

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Treatment slots

Funded or available treatment capacity in this region right now. This is the "supply" side of the gap.

25

Estimated need

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Estimated need

Estimated people needing treatment, derived by the open method shown below. A region total — never a list of individuals.

180

People short

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People short

Unmet need: max(0, need − slots). The number of added slots that would fully close this region's gap.

155

Access gap
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Access-gap score

The share of estimated need that current capacity does not cover: round(max(0, need − slots) ÷ need × 100). 0% means need is fully met; higher means worse access. It never divides by zero — a region with no estimated need shows a 0% gap.

86%

of estimated need is currently unmet.

14% covered86% gap
Critical gap

Adding 155 slots would fully close this region's gap. Model it on the plan page →

Open methodology

Coroner OD-mortality rate (CDC) scaled to living-need estimate.

Need estimates are region totals only. No individual is represented, queried, or stored. Gap = max(0, need − slots) ÷ need.

Computation audit

access-gap.audit
$ gap --region "Bayou Bend"
slots = 25
est_need = 180
shortfall = max(0, 180 - 25) = 155
gap_score = round(155/180 * 100) = 86%
coverage = 14%
severity = critical
sha256(inputs) = 4699ef3e89297a38… (aggregate-only)
individual_records_touched = 0

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